What’s News in Education

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
The Most Popular Reading Programs Aren’t Backed by Science; Sarah Schwartz, Ed Week, December 3, 2019
Data: How Reading Is Really Being Taught; Liana Loewus, Ed Week, December 3, 2019
Improving Reading Isn’t Just a Teaching Shift. It’s a Culture Shift; Stephen Sawchuk, Ed Week, December 3, 2019
U.S. math scores remain flat on international test of 15-year-olds; Sydney Johnson, EdSource, December 3, 2019
States Move to Add Native American History to Curriculum; Cinnamon Janzer, US News & World Report, November 29, 2019