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The Future of Blended Learning: What Educators Need to Know; Alyson Klein, Ed Week, September 14, 2021
COMMENTARY: How can teachers support students as we return to in-person learning; Keara Williams, EdSource, September 13, 2021
Why more and more teachers are joining the anti-homework movement; Rachel Paula Abrahamson, TODAY, September 10, 2021
Teachers, More Than Programs, Make for Great Reading Instruction; Irene C. Fountas & Gay Su Pinnell, Ed Week, September 8, 2021
How mindfulness is helping students and teachers create kinder classrooms; Matt Zalaznick, District Administration, September 3, 2021
Could a recall-elected Republican governor really shake up K-12 schools?; John Fensterwald, EdSource, September 8, 2021
Leading recall candidates lay out positions on K-12 issues; John Fensterwald, EdSource, September 8, 2021
COMMENTARY: Vaccines are our best hope for safety in California schools and beyond; Dr. Smita Malhotra, EdSource, September 7, 2021
What Do We Need to Support Students With Learning Differences As the Pandemic Lingers?; Larry Ferlazzo, Ed Week, September 2, 2021
A parent’s plea: After 18 lonely months of COVID, the kids are not alright. Here’s why this back-to-school season must balance learning with healing; Conor Williams, LA SCHOOL REPORT, September 1, 2021
An Asian American Educator Explains Why Teacher Diversity Benefits All Students; Jaclyn Borowski, Ed Week, September 1, 2021
How can schools keep quarantined students learning?; Sarah Schwartz, Ed Week, August 27, 2021
Happy Masks became a Covid must-have; that sparked a back-to-school frenzy; Daniel Miller, LA Times, August 27, 2021
A school district opted out of a free meals program, saying students could ‘become spoiled’; Maria Luisa Paul, Washington Post, August 27, 2021
COMMENTARY: Instead of stifling competition, let’s ensure all students are prepared: Nandini Patwardhan, EdSource, August 26, 2021
Do Masks Stunt Students’ Social and Emotional Development? An Expert Weighs In; Arianna Prothero, Ed Week, August 25, 2021
Schools Must Identify Students With Disabilities Despite Pandemic Hurdles, Ed. Dept. Says; Evie Blad, Ed Week, August 24, 2021
‘What a Distraction’: More Research on Common Core Points to Meager Academic Gains; Kevin Mahnken, T74, August 24, 2021
A Parent’s Plea: After 18 Lonely Months of COVID, the Kids Are Not Alright. Here’s Why This Back-to-School Season Must Balance Learning With Healing; Conor Williams, T74, August 24, 2021
How California teachers are welcoming back English learners — with language and community; Zaidee Stavely, EdSource, August 24, 2021
‘Boring!’ Is How Students Describe Reading on Screens. To Reengage Them, Schools Must Bring Back Print and Move Away from Digital; Naomi Baron, T74, August 24, 2021
Attention Deficit Rates Skyrocket in High School. Mentoring Could Prevent an Academic Freefall; Sarah D. Sparks, Ed Week, August 23, 2021
Parents Like Social-Emotional Learning, But Not the Name; Arianna Prothero, Ed Week, August 20, 2021
COMMENTARY: Leading teachers offer lessons for how to reinvent schools, Barnett Berry and Emily Liebtag, EdSource, August 19, 2021
Virtual Learning Was Better for Some Kids. Here’s What Teachers Learned From Them; Alyson Klein, Ed Week, August 18, 2021
What impact will the pandemic have on early literacy?; Karen D’Souza, EdSource, August 18, 2021
As quarantines send students home, what’s the plan to keep them learning?; Kalyn Belsha and Matt Barnum, Chalkbeat, August 17, 2021
Peering 30 Years into the Future, Economists See Lost Earnings for the Pandemic Generation of Students — But Summer School Might Help; Greg Toppo, T74, August 17, 2021
Stuck in the Virtual Basement? Schools Must Not Use COVID Safety Rules as a Reason to Exclude Special-Needs Kids; Paul O’Neill and Lauren Morando Rhim, T74, August 16, 2021
As new school year begins, a focus on social and emotional health; Ali Tadayon, EdSource, August 13, 2021
What a Kindergarten Teacher Learned From Virtual School; Ruth Calkins, edutopia, August 12, 2021
As California schools reopen, will there be a surge in independent study?; John Fensterwald, EdSource, August 9, 2021
From Diving to Radio, Coding to Farming — Nonprofit Awards $165K in Grants to Local Groups Bringing STEM Education to Underserved Kids; Tim Newcomb, T74, August 9, 2021
Innovating in a crisis — How 4 educators are using ‘classroom’ technology in ways that will stay long after the pandemic ends; LA SCHOOL REPORT, August 4, 2021
‘They’ll know more than I ever knew’: More states move to require lessons on Native American history and culture; Kalyn Belsha, Chalkbeat, August 4, 2021
Reading, writing and bike riding: How schools spent summer helping students recover from pandemic; Sydney Johnson, EdSource, August 4, 2021
Are Questions the Answer?; Mike Lawrence, Lainie Rowell, edutopia, August 3, 2021
Students need to be in classrooms, with masks, this fall, education secretary says; Clare Lombardo, NPR, August 2, 2021
Reimagining Alternative Education; Tesha Robinson, edutopia, August 2, 2021
Special education funding should be more streamlined, report finds; Carolyn Jones, EdSource, July 30, 2021
How School Leaders Can Boost Students’ Sense of Belonging; Becki Cohn-Vargas, edutopia, July 29, 2021
The pandemic’s toll: National test scores show progress slowed, gaps widened; Matt Barnum, Chalkbeat, July 28, 2021
Want to Make Virtual Learning Work? Get Parents Involved in Meaningful Ways; Alyson Klein, Ed Week, July 27, 2021
LA-based education platform Numerade offers free online STEM bootcamps to help MS and HS students overcome COVID learning loss; Tim Newcomb, LA SCHOOL REPORT, July 27, 2021
Sparked by Pandemic Fallout, Homeschooling Surges Across U.S.: The Associated Press, EdWeek, July 26, 2021
A rush to calculus leaves some students behind in California; Sydney Johnson, EdSource, July 26, 2021
Reading on Screen vs. Print: New Analysis Thickens the Plot on Promoting Comprehension; Sarah D. Sparks, EdWeek, July 22, 2021
COMMENTARY: Why reading at grade level shouldn’t be our only goal: Malbert Smith, EdSource, July 21, 2021
How Can Teachers Better Understand Students? A New Breed of Assessment Will Try to Help: Catherine Gewertz, EdWeek, July 21, 2021
Tired of the same old student assessments? This fund wants to help; Sydney Johnson, EdSource, July 21, 2021
I’ve Studied Teachers for 20 Years. The Pandemic Was Their Ultimate Challenge; Lora Bartlett, EdWeek, July 19, 2021
Surveys Find Parents Want Bold Changes in Schools — With More Learning Inside and Outside the Classroom; Karen Pittman and Linda Darling-Hammond, T74, July 19, 2021
Ensuring our students feel safe, engaged will be key to getting through the post-pandemic year; Marion Siwek, EdSource, July 16, 2021
Virtual Pre-K Filled a Void for ‘Overwhelmed’ Parents This Year, But Experts Disagree About Its Role — and Federal Funding — in a Post-Pandemic World; Linda Jacobson, T74, July 14, 2021
California’s math framework matters to English learners. Here’s how to get it right; Crystal Gonzalez, EdSource, July 13, 2021
Make Science Education Better, More Equitable, Says National Panel; Sarah D. Sparks, EdWeek, July13, 2021
Four Teacher-Recommended Instructional Strategies for Math; Larry Ferlazzo, EdWeek, July 12, 2021
Arts should be part of any plans to rethink schooling and reengage students; Katrina Woodworth, Candice Benge and Elise Levin-Guracar, EdSource, July 6, 2021
Many Schools Don’t Teach About the Science of Vaccines. Here’s Why They Should; Arianna Prothero, Ed Week, July 2, 2021

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