Teachers Are Protesting Low Wages, in a Rash of Walkouts Fueled by Social Media
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Thousands of teachers protested Monday in Oklahoma and Kentucky, demanding higher wages and more resources for students. So far this year, teachers in four states have walked out of classrooms or threatened to walk out to push for better compensation
Puerto Rico’s Students and Educators Grapple With Trauma
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The long-term impacts of Hurricane Maria on the mental health of Puerto Rico’s children and teachers could have big repercussions on the island’s future. (March 13, 2018)
Not Just Better Students, Better People
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[Content provided by Committee for Children] We can teach middle schoolers about math, grammar, and history. But how do we help them become better people? Our new, web-based Second Step SEL Program helps teach the skills they need to thrive.
The High Stakes of a Teacher Walkout
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Will the teacher walkout convince Oklahoma legislators to pass a teacher pay raise? Norman teacher Sara Doolittle said she’s worried about what will happen if the walkout is not successful. (March 16, 2018)
Cleveland Schools Use Incentives, Parent Outreach to Reduce Chronic Absences
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Seven million children in the U.S. are considered chronically absent, which puts them at greater risk of dropping out of school. In Cleveland, school officials offer incentives to encourage students to show up to school (March 23, 2018)
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Recovery and Controversy: A Status Report on Puerto Rico's Schools
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Reporter Andrew Ujifusa gives an update from Puerto Rico on where the U.S. territory's schools stand several months after Hurricane Maria. (March 5, 2018)
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In Canada, a Welcoming Environment and Community Supports Help Syrian Students and Families Thrive
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After fleeing their country’s civil war, more than 10,000 Syrians—half of them children—are now refugees in Ontario, Canada. (February 28, 2018)
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Inside Look: Social-Emotional Learning for Middle Schools
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[Content provided by Committee for Children] How do you make a new SEL program? Go behind the scenes to find out. Makers of the Second Step Program merged decades of curriculum development with modern tech to create an innovative solution.
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Puerto Rico’s Students and Educators Grapple With Trauma
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The long-term impacts of Hurricane Maria on the mental health of Puerto Rico’s children and teachers could have big repercussions on the island’s future. (March 13, 2018)
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Gun Control Walkout Just The Start, Students at One Maryland School Say
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With a moment of silence, 17 balloons and calls for gun control, students at one Maryland high school explain why they joined the nationwide walkout one month after the Parkland, Fla., shooting. (March 15, 2018)
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Voices From the March: ‘I Shouldn’t Have to be Afraid to Go to School Every Day’
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Sophomore Tania Allen says two days after the Parkland shooting, someone brought a loaded gun to her high school in Clarksburg, Md. (March 26, 2018)
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Voices From the March: Teacher Finds Few Words to Reassure Frightened Students
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Dan Rouco teaches math at Barbara Goleman High School in Miami-Dade County, Fla., and faced his students' fear after the nearby Parkland shooting. (March 26, 2018)
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Parent Changemaker: Fighting for Teacher Home Visits
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At first, single dad Paul Lumpkin was worried when his daughter’s kindergarten teacher asked to visit them at home. Now he advocates for parent-teacher home visits across the country. (January 22, 2018)
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‘I Can Be a Catalyst’: Schools Chief Steers His District Onto Right Path
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Emmanuel Caulk, the superintendent in the Fayette County Schools in Lexington, Ky., has been working to restore calm and instill confidence in the 42,000-student district that had been undermined by turmoil in leadership and a lack of attention on sc
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Teaching Fractions Under the Common Core
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Gaming for Life Skills
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Could a video game about aliens change the way U.S. schools think about testing? Researchers in Wisconsin believe new games like Crystals of Kaydor can measure learning in real time and help build “noncognitive skills” like self-control and empathy.
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What the Numbers Tell Us About U.S. Teachers
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Fighting Student Homelessness
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What Is ‘Transfer of Learning’ and How Does It Help Students?
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'Co-Teaching Is a Marriage'
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Dan Meyer on Real-World Math
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Marshmallow Restraint
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Video Solves New Math Problems
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