Month: August 2023

This article was written by Elizabeth Heubeck and published by EdWeek on August 21, 2023.  E+/Getty   It’s no secret that teachers have a lot on their plates. One thing they’d like to unload? “Mandatory [professional development] that isn’t helpful,” responded at least one teacher to an informal Education Week online poll this summer. Others concur. “PD…

This article is a statement which was released by the White House on August 28, 2023.   The President and First Lady will mark the start of the school year by visiting students at Eliot-Hine Middle School in Washington, D.C. When President Biden took office, less than half of K-12 students were going to school in…

This article is written by Beth Feritg and published by The 74 on August 23, 2023.   This article has been produced in partnership between The 74 and the XQ Institute. Lydia Nichols recalls being “incredibly shy” when she started taking classes at Iowa BIG during her junior year in the fall of 2021. The Cedar Rapids program…

This article was written by Kara Arundel, Julia Himmel, and Shaun Lucas and published by K-12 Dive on August 1, 2023.   This is part two of a two-part series. To view part one click here.   When Mt. Diablo Unified School District was identified in 2021 as having an overrepresentation of Black students with intellectual…

This article was written by Kara Arundel, Julia Himmel, and Shaun Lucas and published by K-12 Dive on July 31st 2023. This article is part one of a two-part series on significant disproportionality in K-12 schools. For part two, click here. When California’s Mt. Diablo Unified School District received notice from the state education agency in…

This article was written by Beth Fertig and Edward Montalvo and published on August 2nd by the 74 million. High schoolers are building their own brands, designing and selling hoodies, and creating and auctioning sculptures from fallen trees for charity. In Oakland, California, Latitude High School’s 2022 graduates made their own branded hoodies, T-shirts, and…

This article was written by Kurt A. Schneider, Mary Morgan Ryan, and Kristen Ninni and published by AASA, the School Superintendents Association and appeared in August 2023: School Administrator. How do you look for effective inclusion of students with disabilities across the school system? As principal of an elementary school in Lake Forest, Ill., Kate…

This article was originally written Marianna McMurdock and published on the 74 on July 28, 2023. More than three years after the pandemic began, a crisis in teaching quality may be stalling academic recovery, new research shows. Faced with exhaustion, staffing shortages, and frequent student disruptions, many educators are using “outdated and ineffective” methods and content below…

This article was originally written by Dhanaraj Thakur, Elizabeth Laird  and published by CDT on July 31, 2023.     CDT Research report, entitled “Beyond the Screen: Parents’ Experiences with Student Activity Monitoring in K-12 Schools.” Illustration of a laptop, browser windows and social media posts being monitored – and the hands of adults reaching in to…