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Teaching Opinion Teachers Have to Endure Plenty of Short-Sighted Mandates. Here Are 3 of Them
There’s so much bad advice about teaching that it can be hard to choose the worst. These teachers tried anyway.

Larry Ferlazzo, October 15, 2024
9 min read
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69´«Ã½ & Literacy Do Leveled Books Have Any Place in the Classroom?
As the "science of reading" movement has spread, predictable texts for beginning readers have come under fire.
Sarah Schwartz, October 14, 2024
6 min read
69´«Ã½ at Northside Intermediate prepare for a mock election on Nov. 8, 2016 in Opelika, Ala.
69´«Ã½ at Northside Intermediate School in Opelika, Alaska, prepare for a mock election on Nov. 8, 2016.
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Social Studies Mock Elections in 69´«Ã½ Evolve to Build Trust in Democracy
69´«Ã½ use mock elections to help build voting habits early and help students understand the electoral process.
Evie Blad, October 9, 2024
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Marissa Bateman, a 2nd grade teacher at P.S. 107 in Brooklyn, leads students through a lesson using the Wit and Wisdom reading curriculum on June 11, 2024, in New York City.
Marissa Bateman, a 2nd grade teacher at P.S. 107 in Brooklyn, leads students through a lesson using the Wit & Wisdom reading curriculum on June 11, 2024, in New York City. The Big Apple's reading mandate just entered its second year.
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69´«Ã½ & Literacy How the Largest School District Is Adjusting to the Science of 69´«Ã½
Shifting practice in New York City, a balanced literacy stronghold, poses special challenges.
Sarah Schwartz, September 30, 2024
11 min read
69´«Ã½ & Literacy Video Implementing New 69´«Ã½ Materials Is Hard. How This Principal Got Buy-In
A NYC principal explains how she implemented the Wit and Wisdom reading curriculum in her school. The first step was teacher buy-in.
Kaylee Domzalski, September 30, 2024
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Social Studies The Topics That Dominate U.S. History Classes—And the Ones Teachers Want Help On
The "inquiry" method is popular but not always structured well, a new report finds.
Sarah Schwartz, September 25, 2024
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Social Studies There's No Evidence That History Teachers Are 'Indoctrinating' 69´«Ã½, Report Says
Teachers largely use nonpartisan resources, and want to provide multiple perspectives.
Sarah Schwartz, September 23, 2024
6 min read
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Curriculum How Oklahoma's Superintendent Wants 69´«Ã½ to Teach the Bible
Oklahoma's state superintendent directed schools to teach the Bible and to place a copy in every classroom.
Evie Blad, July 24, 2024
4 min read
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Curriculum Should the Bible Be Taught in Public 69´«Ã½?
Are recent pushes to include the Bible about cultural literacy—or a pretext for politicians who want Christianity in public schools?
Evie Blad, July 15, 2024
10 min read
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Artificial Intelligence The Best Science Fiction to Teach About AI, From Teachers
Science fiction can help students understand AI and its potential impacts, teachers say.
Alyson Klein, April 23, 2024
6 min read
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Artificial Intelligence See Which Types of Teachers Are the Early Adopters of AI
Most still aren't using AI in instruction, study shows.
Arianna Prothero, April 17, 2024
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Myers Elementary School students watch the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, in Grand Blanc, Mich.
Myers Elementary School students watch the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, in Grand Blanc, Mich.
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Families & the Community What 69´«Ã½ Can Do With All Those Leftover Solar Eclipse Glasses
Campaigns to recycle eclipse glasses are creating ways to teach lessons in recycling and sharing.
Elizabeth Heubeck, April 11, 2024
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Artificial Intelligence Science Fiction May Be the Key to Helping 69´«Ã½ Understand AI
For educators seeking to help students understand the power of AI, fiction has become an indispensable teaching tool
Alyson Klein, April 5, 2024
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