What’s News in Education

• What a Sacramento school leader learned about the value of aligning curriculum, teacher-student expectations and broader supports to help the “whole child”; Kari Wehrly, LA School Report, February 10, 2020
• The science of talking in class; Jill Barshay, Hechinger Report,  February 3, 2020
• Impeachment trial a ‘teachable moment’ for government, history teachers; Ali Tadayon, EdSource, January 31, 2020
• Commentary: Read all about it: The ‘reading wars’ are back in America’s education salons; Jay Matthews, The Washington Post, January 31, 2020
• Advocates for science-based reading instruction worry California plan sends the wrong message; Sarah Schwartz, Ed Week, January 30, 2020
• Report: Climate change literacy, early childhood focus shaping STEM in 2020 ; Naaz Modan, EducationDIVE, January 24, 2020
• Analysis: Students Who Are Lagging Behind Need Both Grade-Level Content and Personalized Learning. How 3 Schools Are Making It Happen; Sarah Johnson, Amber Oliver and Robert Schwartz, The 74, January 21, 2020
• A study on teaching critical thinking in science; Jill Barshay, Hechinger Report, January 13, 2020
• Writing Helps Grow Readers; Larry Ferlazzo, Ed Week Teacher, January 7, 2020
• Aylesworth: We’re teaching STEM wrong — but any teacher can do it right. It’s about trial and error, doing things & watching them not work; Hilary Aylesworth, LA School Report, January 7, 2020
• Sure, We Teach History. But Do We Know Why It’s Important?;  Andrew Ujifusa, Big Ideas, January 7, 2020
• Teachers, the Robots Are Coming. But That’s Not a Bad Thing; Kevin Bushweller, Big Ideas, January 7, 2020
• The Biggest Myth About Math; Sarah D. Sparks, Big Ideas, January 7, 2020
• Studying Religious Texts in School Is Bad. And Good; Stephen Sawchuk, Big Ideas, January 7, 2020
• Writing Directly Benefits Students’ Reading Skills; Larry Ferlazzo, Ed Week Teacher, January 5, 2020
• Our Most-Read Special Education Stories of 2019; Corey Mitchell, Ed Week, December 30, 2019
• Elements of an Effective Math Lesson; Larry Ferlazzo, Ed Week, December 30, 2019
• 8 Educators Share Their Best Math Lessons; Larry Ferlazzo, Ed Week Teacher, December 29, 2019
• Students want climate change lessons. Schools aren’t ready; Sonali Kohli, LA Times, December 23, 2019
• Most Popular Stories of the Decade: An Education Week Retrospective; Ed Week, December 20, 2019
• Anxiety Can Make Kids Avoid Math. Here’s How They Can Talk Through the Fear; Sarah D. Sparks, Inside School Research, December 19, 2019
• Want to Motivate Students? Make Their Work Visible; Justin Minkel, Ed Week Teacher, December 13, 2019
• In Math, Teachers’ Unconscious Biases May Be More Subtle Than You Think; Sarah D. Sparks, Inside School Research, December 13, 2019
• Teaching in 2020 vs. 2010: A Look Back at the Decade; Madeline Will, Ed Week, December 10, 2019
• Helping students to sort facts from lies on the internet; John Fensterwald, EdSource, December 9, 2019
• A Look Inside One Classroom’s Reading Overhaul; Catherine Gewertz, Ed Week, December 3, 2019