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There’s a Huge Gap Between How We Talk About Teachers & How We Treat Them. Some Ways to Make Teaching the Sought-After Profession It Should Be
If kids are to have the teachers they need to recover from the pandemic, it’s time to take teaching from the object of sitcom jokes to the sought-after profession it should be, writes TNTP's executive vice president Victoria Van Cleef.
Our schools must tell a better and more complete story about our growing economic inequality
We risk raising children without empathy for those with different backgrounds, writes Karen V. Hansen, professor of sociology and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Brandeis University, and Nazli Kibria, professor of sociology at Boston University.
Social and emotional learning is the latest flashpoint in the education wars
Educators say SEL is intended to help kids cope with problems and succeed in school, but angry parents don’t see it that way.
Diversifying, expanding the assistant principalship key to repairing leadership pipelines
Despite impacts on culture and outcomes, those in the role continue to face barriers, experts said during a session at AASA’s national conference.
Cardona: Tomorrow's problems can't be solved with yesterday's designs
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said education leaders must consider organizational innovation at the central office and school level, alongside programmatic innovation, during a fireside chat with AASA Executive Director Dan Domenech at the School Superintendents Association’s annual conference in Nashville, Tennessee.
Peer counseling gains popularity as California schools beef up student mental health services
As schools look for new ways to address student mental health amid the Covid pandemic, more are turning to a practice that costs almost nothing and, if done well, can lead to life-changing results for all involved: peer counseling.
How to design early college programmes that foster success for under-represented students
Eastern Michigan University's David Dugger explains what an early college programme should focus on in order to improve outcomes for students from under-represented groups.
Virtual learning left my classmates and me burned out, but there are things schools can do to make it better for us
With expanded school services, mental health would be less stigmatized, which, in turn, would encourage more students to reach out to community services and resources, writes Maryland ninth grader Sophie Nguyen.
Jargon may have turned parents against social and emotional learning
Educators often have a tendency to use confusing terminology when speaking about their field. But jargon may now be playing a role in the politicization of social and emotional learning — often referred to as SEL.