What’s New in Education

• What Do Teachers Really Want From Professional Development? Respect; Sarah Schwartz,  EdWeek, May 14, 2019
• Ways to Use Games Effectively in the Classroom; Larry Ferlazzo,  EdWeek Teacher, May 12, 2019
• Math teachers should be more like football coaches; John Urschel, NY Times, May 11, 2019
• Robin Lake: Assessing charter schools’ impact on districts is too important to get wrong; Robin Lake, LA School Report, May 8, 2019
• Porn or vital life lessons? California approves controversial new sex education approach; Sawsan Morrar, Sacramento Bee, May 8, 2019
• History Instruction Indicted: Too Much Memorization, Too Little Meaning; Catherine Gewertz, Curriculum Matters, May 7, 2019
• Schools Teach Civics. Do They Model It?; Stephen Sawchuk, EdWeek, May 7, 2019
• Students With Disabilities Deserve Inclusion. It’s Also the Best Way to Teach; Hannah Grieco,  EdWeek Spotlight, May 7, 2019
• Developing a Growth Mindset in Our Students; Starr Sackstein, EdWeek, May 6, 2019
• School districts must do more to manage costs of health benefits; Paul Bruno EdSource, May 6, 2019
• Ditch the Math Worksheets and Stop Killing Kids’ Curiosity; Kathy Liu Sun, EdWeek, May 6, 2019
• Battle Over Reading: Parents of Children With Dyslexia Wage Curriculum War; Lisa Stark, EdWeek Curriculum Matters, May 1, 2019
• Why the High-Achievers Have Moved to ‘Shop’ Class; Catherine Gewertz,  Ed Week, May 1, 2019
• Middle schoolers are doing better on a key tech and engineering test — and it’s thanks to the girls;  Carolyn Phenicie, LA School Report, April 30, 2019
• 5 Things to Know About Implementing Social-Emotional Learning; Rick Hess, EdWeek, April 25, 2019
• Why We Need Transformative Learning Experiences; Elena Aguilar, EdWeek Teacher, April 23, 2019
• Mismatch Seen Between New Science Tests and State Requirements; Catherine Gewertz, EdWeek,  April 16, 2019
• Can Civics Education Allow Schools to Rediscover Their Democratic Purpose — and Help Rescue America From Decline?; Kevin Mahnken, The 74, April 16, 2019
• Whole-Class Novels vs. Choice Reading: Why Not Do Both?; Ariel Sacks, EdWeek Teacher, April 16, 2019
• What my students learned — and didn’t learn — from my efforts to teach empathy in language arts class; Justin Parmenter, Chalkbeat, April 16, 2019