This is a time for states to ask: Do our tests accurately measure the things that count? What better exams are available? How much are we willing to pay for a better test that assesses student learning, not simple recall, logic and test-taking ability?
3 lessons from how schools responded to the 1918 pandemic worth heeding today
Elementary school teachers use number talks to guide students to engage deeply with concepts, and they can work online, with a little creativity.
Technology should support creativity in education. Here’s how one school district makes it work.
Report calls for increased civics instruction and a focus on hands-on learning for students
For school reopenings to be effective, school personnel will also work to find more of the one resource that no budget can increase: time
There are a number of options for schools and districts hoping to keep learning as consistent as possible this fall--and blended learning features heavily in all scenarios
Cafeterias as classrooms, see-through barriers, handwashing stations & lunches delivered to class — architects’ models for socially distanced schools
Polling data from students and families are starting to roll in — those are as close as we’ll get to facts about the current moment until schools are able to reliably give tests again
The crises sweeping through our college and university campuses today – student debt, escalating costs, and the move to online and remote learning – did not arrive with the virus but have been building for decades.