Commentary: Why grade inflation is spreading from high school to college — and how it hurts learning
In Los Angeles and beyond, research has shown that grades are generally going up even though test scores and other measures ...
Cookie Monster or Elmo: NSB fifth-graders have mock election, imagine life as president
Read-Pattillo Elementary students participate in a mock election between Elmo and Cookie Monster, share thoughts on what life ...
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Teacher of the Week: Emily Kauffman, fifth grade, Arthur Grade School
After growing up in Arthur, where she graduated from high school in 2005, Emily Kauffman decided to spend her career giving back to her community. For her entire 16-year teaching ...
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How This Teacher-Prep Program and District Aligned on the Science of Reading
In Tennessee, a small network of schools and universities are aligning future teachers' coursework with evidence-based literacy practices.
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Technology in the classroom needs to be examined
Over the past five years, the prevalence of technology as a part of the grade school classroom has skyrocketed. In a study ...
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Guinea pig for president: How Boulder fourth graders are learning about the electoral process
Learning how elections work can be challenging, but at Boulder Country Day School, fourth graders are understanding the process thanks to a guinea pig election. Newsom calls special session to ...
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5th Grade Teacher Says If Your Child Struggles To Do These 4 Things, They’re Not Ready To Graduate From Elementary School
Fifth grade is the stepping stone from elementary school to middle school. According to Mr. Wilson, a teacher on TikTok, "the ...
12 procedures later, woman learns to walk and talk again after life-threatening brain aneurysm
Julianne Smith suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm on Jan. 5. Today, she's able to walk, drive and she's looking forward to ...
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Literacy rates have reached new heights among New Hanover County students. Here's how.
New Hanover County Schools has seen significant improvements in the number of students who are proficient in reading and ...
Pollster Ann Selzer ending election polling, moving 'to other ventures and opportunities'
Pollster Ann Selzer says she long planned to make the November Iowa Poll her last election poll and is moving on to new ...
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Remote learning hurt high school grad rates. Ditching exit exams helped, new research finds
Even students who were in elementary school when COVID struck might need extra support to graduate high school, the authors ...
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How some Texas parents and historians say a new state curriculum glosses over slavery and racism
Education officials say the materials were designed to be age appropriate but critics argue they repeatedly omit key context ...