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Education Needs a Reset. We Can Start by Listening to Our Teachers.
What too few politicians and parents are talking about is the dire state of the career pipeline for teachers, the ones we’ll be depending on to lead the post-pandemic learning recovery in our classrooms over the next few years—not to mention for the next generation, writes Elissa Vanaver.
Teachers need respect and support to stay in the profession
Challenges in teaching have been exacerbated by the pandemic and more are looking to leave the field.
Colleges scramble to recruit students as nationwide enrollment plunges
Hundreds of thousands have left college amid pandemic turmoil and the lure of jobs.
Why two educators say elevating student voice is key to building back better
'We were busting the myth that student voice is a privilege and making it part of our culture that student voice is a right,' educator says.
Standardized tests in their current format are ‘incredibly antiquated’
“The way we test students on typical standardized tests has little or nothing to do with the way real world problems present themselves,” said Sternberg, a psychometrician who’s developed several theories related to creativity, intelligence and testing.
‘A cry for help’: CDC warns of a steep decline in teen mental health
More than 25% of young people told the CDC they felt "persistently sad or hopeless."
Has the federal government underestimated the progress of high school students for decades?
A growing number of researchers say it's a real possibility that we've been misunderstanding high school achievement for decades. High school dropout rates have fallen substantially since the 1970s, which means more students who would have left high school altogether are now taking these tests, known as NAEP. Comparing scores across decades without acknowledging that, these researchers say, paints a misleadingly grim picture of the country’s progress.
Why Should a College Education Start at Age 18, and only after HS? Time to Change the ‘When’ & ‘Who’ of College
It's time to rethink core assumptions about what college can and should look like — and when, where and for whom it happens, writes Dumaine Williams and Stephen Tremaine.
The fight for Black lives needs to happen in schools
High schools are uniquely positioned to affirm the worth — and support the mental health — of Black youth, writes Wenimo Okoya.