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My school district switched to a 4-day school week. It’s been a game changer for teachers, who were previously leaving our schools in droves.
Gregg Klinginsmith, a Missouri superintendent, switched his district to a 4-day school week in 2019. The district nixed a day in an effort to keep

The Three Pillars of Effective Classroom Management in Schools
As a teacher, you know the thrill of a new day and the satisfaction of preparing for it with care. You have lessons that will

Schools trending towards no homework, no grades in the name of equity
One of the latest teaching trends includes getting rid of grades and homework as part of a push towards achieving equity in the classroom. We’ve

For teachers and students, safe classrooms feel like a fairy tale
I once taught a shooter. He wrote me a scathing letter about my class a year before he murdered his mother and reportedly planned to attack

A District’s Long-Term Investment in Cultivating Future Teachers Is Paying Off
While schools across the country struggle to fill vacant teaching positions, one Texas district is capitalizing on groundwork it laid in 2019 that has led

We need a new school of thought about charter schools
When friends suggested I include charter schools among the places to visit during my recent trip to see innovative learning models in New York City,

Charters succeed at teaching — that’s why their enemies hate them
Faced with the undeniable fact city kids attending charters schools do far better on state exams than those stuck in the regular public-school system, critics

OPINION: America should take a multilingual approach to education
In all of my language-learning experiences, whether that’s taking Japanese in college or learning Spanish in high school, I often ponder what a challenge learning

As threats against teachers increase, we need to redefine what’s off-limits in public schools
The deterioration of boundaries, compounded with poor teaching conditions, leads to a myriad of problems. It’s difficult to create connections, let alone teach content, while

Education Secretary: Standardized Tests Should No Longer Be a ‘Hammer’
Standardized tests should be used as “a flashlight” on what works in education not as “a hammer” to force outcomes, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said

Teachers are leaving, forcing this school to cancel classes. Lowering professional qualifications does not fix shortage, educators say
It’s January, the middle of the school year, and yet tenth grader Lala Bivens is preparing for her first day at a new school. Bivens

Focus Shifts To Expanding Black Male Teacher Pipeline
First-year teacher Tamir D. Harper wanted to be an educator so that he could help the community he grew up in and to give his