Teaching and Learning: Page 8

Op-ed

Lessons from Black Friday for the effective use of edtech

Intentionality and clarity of purpose are vital to getting the most out of classroom technologies.

Leadership

Philadelphia students show marginal gains on standardized tests

The city's schools are in the midst of a $70 million curriculum overhaul, and Superintendent Tony Watlington says slow progress is to be expected. “We have an awful long way to go.”

Women and Minority Leaders

Women Leading Ed Announces 2025 Summit

The annual meeting will bring together women superintendents and aspiring leaders for three days of empowering speaker sessions, meaningful dialogue, networking, collective agenda-setting, and leadership coaching.

Op-ed

Revitalizing STEM in an age of accountability and testing

A new research report highlights the importance of exposing all students to STEM concepts, but too often, the curriculum has been narrowed to focus on test prep.

College and Career Readiness

How K12 leaders are modernizing career and technical education

Updated CTE programs emphasize soft skills, adaptability, and interdisciplinary learning in addition to job training.

Op-ed

Why teachers don’t use the high-quality instructional materials they’re given

Educators don’t believe their students can manage the rigor of grade-level instruction, and they're not wrong. Here is what can be done about it.

Op-ed

Walking through Paris can provide inspiration for educators

Learning should be less rigid and more like exploring a beautiful city.

Op-ed

The importance of interdisciplinary teaching: Lessons from a study of killer whales

When we integrate subjects and break down barriers, we enable students to solve problems as they exist in the real world—complex and without boundaries.

Research

New study explores common barrier to older K-12 students’ reading proficiency

An analysis by researchers from AERDF and ETS found that the “decoding threshold” is the point that blocks many students in grades 3-8 from advancing to grade-level reading comprehension.

Research

2024 Report: AI in K12 Education

A new study conducted by DATIA K12 asked educators about current uses of artificial intelligence in schools, the most common challenges, and their views on the potential of AI to transform teaching and learning.

Literacy/Reading/Language Arts

4 St. Louis schools getting $1M in grants to rethink how they teach kids to read

The 74

Emerson Challenge awarding 20K this year, 250K in 2025-26 to help educators collaborate on best ways to implement science of reading, boost literacy.

Op-ed

Connecting learning and careers to build the workforce of tomorrow

Guilford County Superintendent: In North Carolina, education and business are working together to prepare students for good-paying, high-demand jobs.

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