This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In Maggie Waldner’s elementary school classroom in downtown Denver, math lessons rarely focus on rote memorization. She talks about problem solving and real-world issues, like homelessness. And she makes sure…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Racial inequities continue to pervade high schools and colleges, according to new findings from the American Council on Education. Black/African American and American Indian/Alaska Native students were less likely to hit college…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. America Succeeds … has spent the better part of the last two years exploring the misalignment between what is being taught in schools—both K-12 and higher education—and the knowledge, skills,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The pandemic-driven upheaval of the K-12 education system is doing something many say has been nearly impossible — opening a door for significant reforms that would disrupt decades or century-old practices and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Problem The abrupt closing of schools, early childhood programs, and child care centers to contain COVID-19 undoubtedly saved thousands of lives. This life-saving measure has had an unintended consequence:…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In an ongoing analysis of the nation’s 100 most high-profile school districts, the Center on Reinventing Public Education, a non-partisan research and policy analysis organization, found slightly more than half of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Artificial intelligence is an increasingly prevalent part of our everyday lives. From live-updating, turn-by-turn driving directions to responsive voice-controlled digital assistants—all in the palms of our hands—we are constantly interacting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When I joined yli, I went through the process of learning about local politics alongside my youth. I felt so limited. It’s hard to be your full social justice self when…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Social-emotional skills are an integral part of arts education, and arts instruction is a vehicle for addressing social-emotional learning (SEL) in schools, according to a report released Tuesday from the Consortium on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How do we improve schools so that kids learn more? Philanthropists in the US have spent hundreds of millions of dollars promoting massive overhauls of the education system, often without improving test scores…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. INSIGHTS is a school-based program that works with students, teachers, and parents to provide self-regulatory strategies to support children’s social-emotional skills and behaviors. All schools enrolled in the study served a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When students at El Puente M.S. 50 Community School in Brooklyn, New York, log into Zoom at 8:30 a.m. each school day, they’re greeted by a remote school coach who…