State Standards
Artificial Intelligence
'The Backlash on AI Is Coming': 3 Early Lessons for K-12 Education
State education chiefs must figure out how to make the most of AI鈥檚 potential while steering around its problems.
Assessment
Q&A
This Teacher Has 69传媒 Track Their Own Progress in Class, and It's Paying Off
Middle school teacher Erin Merrill gives her students the responsibility of tracking their mastery.
Student Well-Being
What 1 State's Saga Shows About the Status of Social-Emotional Learning
Missouri's board of education chose to redefine SEL standards as an optional framework for districts, citing confusion and division.
Mathematics
Q&A
With Data Science in Demand, This State Is Infusing Instruction With It
Virginia has created a high school data science class and updated math standards to include more data analysis lessons.
Mathematics
69传媒 Need Better/More Data-Science Skills. Here Are 5 Ways 69传媒 Can Help
Over the past decade, students鈥� basic data-science skills have been in decline.
Student Well-Being
States Look to Social-Emotional Learning to Combat Student Misbehavior, Poor Mental Health
Experts say SEL can be a first line of defense against youth mental health problems and misbehavior, but political resistance continues.
Standards & Accountability
Explainer
What鈥檚 the Purpose of Standards in Education? An Explainer
What are standards? Why are they important? What's the Common Core? Do standards improve student achievement? Our explainer has the answers.
Mathematics
Project
Good-Paying Careers in Data Are Booming. But 69传媒 Aren't Teaching It
In Utah and other states business leaders are pushing schools to teach more about data science and statistics.
Mathematics
Project
Are 69传媒 Getting All the Math They Need to Succeed?
Advocates say reforms in math teaching are pushing out statistics and geometry and driving a drop in students' math scores.
Student Well-Being
Social-Emotional Learning Persists Despite Political Backlash
Social-emotional learning has generated a political backlash, but states are keeping SEL in their standards.
Standards & Accountability
Florida's New African American History Standards: What's Behind the Backlash
The state's new standards drew national criticism and leave teachers with questions.
Standards & Accountability
Here鈥檚 What鈥檚 in Florida鈥檚 New African American History Standards
Standards were expanded in the younger grades, but critics question the framing of many of the new standards.
Standards & Accountability
Opinion
How One State Found Common Ground to Produce New History Standards
A veteran board member discusses how the state school board pushed past partisanship to offer a richer, more inclusive history for students.
Social Studies
Opinion
We Don't Teach Enough About Black Fear in U.S. History
Here鈥檚 what I learned researching social studies standards: Teaching about Black fear drastically challenges popular narratives of U.S. history.