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Make Transparency the Pandemic’s Educational Legacy
Zoom classes and cameras in hybrid classrooms allow parents to appreciate terrific teachers, see what a child is learning, and intervene when necessary.
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Social Media’s Like Tossing a ’Tween the Keys to a Harley
"Schools would benefit from thinking about social media not as a few apps embedded in a ’tween’s phone but as sophisticated, double-edged tools."
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Math Concepts? Or Procedures? Best Answer Is Teaching Both
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How to Improve Teaching After the Pandemic
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A Post-Pandemic Opportunity to Think Differently About Instructional Time
Don’t abandon newfound flexibility. Increase it.
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New Federal Money is Coming to Schools. There Are Other Options for Spending it Than Hiring Lots More Staff.
Try tutoring, time, technology, or other new ideas instead.
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What It Takes to Actually Improve Math Education
Repetitive practice lies at the heart of mastery of almost every discipline, and mathematics is no exception.
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Taking Stock After 30 Years of Charter Schools
This year was the first time in many years that, for whatever reason, the White House did not issue a proclamation for National Charter Schools Week.
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New Cal State LA Ethnic Studies Dean Backed Farrakhan, Wished Clarence Thomas Dead
“Her history of advocacy will serve her well,” college president says in press release praising newly elevated economist
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On Critical Race Theory in the Classroom, Idaho Makes More Sense Than Oklahoma
Legislators do well when they consciously echo the provisions of the Civil Rights Act that have been brushed aside in the excesses of anti-racist education.
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