Teaching and Learning: Page 5

Policy and Legislation

Trump Education Department layoffs challenged in court by 21 state attorneys general

The lawsuit comes days after the department announced it would cut its workforce nearly by half by the end of the month.

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College and Career Readiness

Discovery Education offers free guide to improving career readiness

The guide provides school and district leaders with a comprehensive roadmap to improving students’ career readiness, as well as actionable strategies and solutions for overcoming common obstacles to workforce preparedness.

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New report: How districts in 7 states are helping chronically absent homeless kids

Nearly half of these at-risk students regularly miss class. Here are some common-sense approaches to finding and bringing them back to school.

Source: Analysis by Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan. *Note: Data retrieved from Ed, Data Express Chronic Absenteeism Rate, data group 195 and 655 and NCES Table 204. The percentage for economically disadvantaged students chronically absent is an estimate based on the number of economically disadvantaged students chronically absent divided by the total number of free and reduced price lunch eligible students in the United States. These two groups do not necessarily define economic disadvantage in the same way.

STEM and SEL: The overlooked connection worth leveraging

Instead of treating STEM and SEL as separate initiatives competing for limited time and resources, educators should identify opportunities where they mutually reinforce each other.

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Policy and Legislation

After outcry, ED walks back diversity guidance

One expert called the new approach 'downright reasonable,' but the AFT’s Randi Weingarten said it ‘just made things murkier.’

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Most districts struggle to provide PD that works. Which approach is best?

A recent study examined the effectiveness of three common types of professional development.

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College and Career Readiness

‘Golden ticket to job security’: Trade union partnerships hold promise for high school students

The Hechinger Report

For trade unions and CTE programs, new collaboration may be key to survival.

Students in the construction craft laborer program gather around Dave Collins, masonry head, before leaving to work on a project at Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical High School in Danvers, Mass. Credit: Sophie Park for The Hechinger Report

Chronic absenteeism worst in kindergarten, 9th and 12th grades, state data shows

The reasons vary widely by grade. Understanding which students are missing school, and why, is essential for developing targeted solutions.

Absenteeism Map State Averages

Policy and Legislation

Educators sue to block enforcement of anti-diversity civil rights guidance

Three educator groups have filed a lawsuit challenging a Trump administration policy requiring K-12 schools to either eliminate any DEI initiatives and programming or lose federal funding.

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Why being forced to precisely follow a curriculum harms teachers and students

Research shows that flexibility in teaching methods and curricula allows teachers and students to participate more fully in the learning process – and even promotes a more democratic society.

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How Denver’s school reforms raised grad rate, got kids years of extra learning

The shift to a portfolio model that gave families choices, empowered educators and demanded accountability for performance shows change is possible.

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Report: AI use by teachers and principals growing, but uneven so far

A new RAND survey found that 25 percent of teachers and nearly 60 percent of principals are using AI tools in some way, but mostly in more affluent school communities.

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