This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After an especially tough school year in Colorado regarding youth suicides, the state attorney general’s office will fund new prevention initiatives to help teens statewide. The initiative will help up…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Teachers — like other professionals — don’t work as sole operators; they are part of a team. While your child’s teacher certainly matters, parents should care at least as much…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To create a more robust conception of education reform, we propose four pillars of equal importance upon which our public education system should rest. Promote learner-centered schools. If schools are going…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This September, 4,439 South Dakota high school seniors (approximately 55 percent of the state’s senior population) received letters from Secretary of Education Dr. Melody Schopp, announcing their general acceptance into…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For years, parents and policymakers have looked to test scores to gauge the effectiveness of school districts and teachers. New research from Stanford Graduate School of Education Professor Sean Reardon provides a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Tim Couillard was 22 years old when he taught his first physics and chemistry classes at James River High School in Virginia. Two decades later, this TED-Ed Innovative Educator is still there,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In recent years, a lot of new information has emerged on epigenetics that allows us to better understand how developmental trajectories can be either adaptive or maladaptive. Experiences and environmental…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Tobye Ertelt was born and raised in Colorado. Today, she lives and works in her home state as a Digital Teacher Librarian. There is a false perception “that we have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Duke was founded on the philanthropy of James B. Duke. Now, its students have found a way to give back—in class. Students in the first-year seminar, named Values in Action,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every year, education researchers force us to re-examine cherished assumptions. In 2017, we started thinking differently about the importance of high-quality preschool. We began talking about the boon to minority…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last year, a girl in Melody Gonzalez’s class at Las Palmas Middle School, in the San Gabriel Valley, started sobbing in class one day. Gonzales asked her what was wrong.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since 2014, the number of homeless youth in California has jumped 20 percent, to more than 202,329, and accounts for nearly 4 percent of the overall public school population. The McKinney-Vento…