Teaching and Learning: Page 9

Assessment in STEM: Making learning visible

A more thoughtful, student-centered approach can transform assessment into an ongoing conversation, giving students a chance to grow, iterate, and refine their learning.

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Report finds alarming level of teacher attrition in Philadelphia, suggests solutions

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A coalition of local education-focused groups has found high numbers of teachers are leaving the city, and offers a “Teacher Retention Toolbox” for district leaders to help accelerate retention efforts.

A teacher reads to a group of students at Andrew Hamilton school. A new report found that teachers in their first three years of teaching and teachers of color leave their jobs at higher rates than others. (Carly Sitrin/Chalkbeat)

The “average student” is a myth. Teaching to those at the margins helps all kids.

Because learner variability is the norm since the pandemic, educators need to start designing for it. Here's what that could that look like.

The Average Student Myth

Banning cell phones doesn’t address the root causes of distraction

When students are given learning opportunities that spark their curiosity and create authentic engagement, distracting technology becomes less of a temptation.

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Literacy/Reading/Language Arts

How Tennessee’s largest school system is stepping up its literacy work

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Superintendent Marie Feagins is embracing a “back to basics” approach to reading instruction as Memphis-Shelby County Schools seeks to improve student test results that rank near the bottom statewide and nationally.

A student engages in a reading exercise at a 2023 summer learning camp at John P. Freeman Optional School in Memphis, Tennessee. State test results for English language arts remain stubbornly low for Memphis-Shelby County Schools. (Andrea Morales / For Chalkbeat)

Philadelphia’s “year-round school” pilot doesn't change calendar, but increases access to programs

Mayor Cherelle Parker and Superintendent Tony Watlington continue to tout the program as a blossoming new vision for the city’s schools.

Mayor Cherelle Parker, Superintendent Tony Watlington, and Chief Education Officer Debora Carrera visited Southwark Elementary School on October 8 to check in on extended-day, extended-year schooling. (Carly Sitrin / Chalkbeat)

Embracing iteration: Why school administrators should encourage experimentation in teaching

Great ideas are often developed when people are able to try new things, adapt, and learn from failure.

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Hawaii school uses mobile classroom to make STEM learning more accessible

Kalani High School teacher and students helped build the portable Innovation Station.

Students talk to the media inside the Innovation Station, a mobile STEM lab.

In Houston ISD, a wholesale transformation delivers better education for students

Superintendent Mike Miles: Personalized learning, strong leadership, career-focused classes, effective teaching — districts know what to do. They just need to do it.

Houston School Reform

Mental Health and Wellness

New Jersey district enhancing social-emotional learning

Lebanon Township using the Choose Love Movement program to improve school culture and student wellbeing

Becoming a STEM teacher: Why every classroom needs a STEM mindset

Empowering both teachers and students to see the world as a place of endless inquiry and innovation.

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Bringing STEM learning to underrepresented students

Urban districts take steps to make connections to career fields.

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