Two literacy scholars share their concerns about growing pressure on educators to emphasize phonics to teach reading. In their view, critiques of other methods often rest on a false premise.
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For the second year in a row, hip-hop music is the most popular form of music in the US. So why isn’t it in more of America’s classrooms? A hip-hop scholar weighs in.
While the state of Texas says it is taking over the Houston school system in the name of school improvement, an expert argues the move is motivated by racism and political power struggles.
Often schools close out of a belief that taking this step will save money and help students. Whether or not those benefits materialize, there are downsides for the locals.
Many historians and other scholars say what Americans have traditionally learned about the complex period that followed the Civil War falls short of what we should know.
Biden, Sanders, Warren and other candidates are calling for a substantial and unprecedented spending boost.
When school resource officers run afoul of the law, more often than not the reason is sexual misconduct with students, research shows.
Reading books from people with diverse backgrounds is good for kids.
Teachers grappling with how to teach current events at divisive times should emphasize history, study original sources and address polarization.
Children ask a lot of questions, but they’re not always good ones.
Being ready takes training and practice. But it might not require fake blood and simulated shootings.
Universal screenings for childhood trauma, like the ones being implemented for California students, may cause more harm than good, a scholar argues.
The effective teaching of news literacy needs to go beyond simple fact-checking, a journalism professor argues.
California’s surgeon general has implemented schoolwide screenings for trauma. A social work professor explains why the rest of the nation should do the same.
Democratic plans to boost school funding are rooted in research that shows more funding really does boost achievement for low-income students.
Faced with uncertainty over their next meal, teens in a Texas study reveal the various things they resort to in order to put food on the family table.
Nearly a decade after Tyler Clementi’s death, there are growing efforts to do more to protect students like him from their peers.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos discusses ‘expanding education freedom’ for American students.
Research suggests that kids benefit when there are fewer of them in a classroom. But quickly reducing class size can cause new problems as schools scramble to hire new teachers.
Amid plans to create special sports divisions for high-poverty schools, coaches at such schools explain how they produce championship-winning teams despite having fewer resources.
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