EDUCATION

As Public Transitional Kindergarten Thrives, Child Care Centers Are Closing

As transitional kindergarten increased, slots for 3- and 4-year-olds in public and private pre-K centers decreased The red line shows

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How One City is Finding Badly Needed Early Educators — And Getting Them to Stay

What’s different for Aguilar compared to so many other people trying out this profession is that she is an apprentice

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Why Hope is Fundamental to Achieving Goals and Combatting Cynicism

Using Snyder’s Adult Hope Scale, Bryce and her team were able to measure pathway thinking, which helps people get from

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Many Rural Schools Rely on International Teachers. Trump’s Visa Changes Threaten That

Now, things are about to get even tougher — for the district and for teachers like Tomimbang. Last month, President

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School Cellphone Bans Can Help Kids Learn — But Black Students Suspended at Higher Rates

The policy also came with a troubling side effect. The cellphone bans led to a significant increase in student suspensions

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Why One Reading Expert Says ‘Just-right’ Books Are All Wrong

That may sound sensible, but Shanahan says it’s not helping anyone and is even leading teachers to dispense with reading

EDUCATION

How Outreach, Support and Interventions Helped Reduce Chronic Absenteeism in Some States

Multiple data analyses have shown the rates of chronic absenteeism skyrocketed during the pandemic, from 15% in 2019 to 28%

EDUCATION

Does Having a Male Teacher Make a Difference? Not as Much as Some Think

Middle and high school students might see more benefits. Earlier research is mixed and inconclusive. A 2007 analysis by Stanford

EDUCATION

Advocates Warn of Risks to Higher Ed Data if Education Department is Shuttered

“If those data are split across multiple federal agencies,” Cheng said, “there would likely be more bureaucratic hurdles required to

EDUCATION

Deborah Farmer Kris: How Awe Helps Us Flourish

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