Sarah Schwartz
Education Week
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How Lessons About Public Health Can Engage Students in Science Class
Curriculum about real problems can help students understand their daily lives and see themselves in the subject, educators say. → Read More
Engaging Latino Parents: One District's Success Story
Schools need to set up systems that make participation possible, advocates say. → Read More
Building the Superintendent Pipeline: Advice From 3 District Leaders
Creating a deep pool of talent pays dividends, superintendents say. → Read More
Schools Have Been Hit Hard by the Opioid Epidemic. How One Program Is Trying to Help
Educators and health experts discussed how partnerships between school districts and public health organizations could protect students. → Read More
How Districts Can Support Teachers and Convince Them to Stay
Teachers want their voices heard in policy decisions that affect the classroom, panelists said. → Read More
What Can Schools Do When Older Students Can’t Read?
Some upper elementary students struggle with foundational reading skills. Here's how schools can identify and serve them. → Read More
How Can Schools Keep Good Educators From Leaving? Teacher Retention Looms Large at SXSWedu
The pandemic and the charged political climate have intensified the challenges of teacher, principal, and superintendent retention. → Read More
The 'Science of Reading' Will Be a Big Topic at SXSWedu. Get Prepped With 3 Things to Know
Why states are passing new legislation, and what it means for classrooms. → Read More
Why Connecting Tutoring to Curriculum Could Make it More Effective
Tutoring is most effective when it's explicitly designed to help students understand new concepts in districts' scope and sequence for teaching content. → Read More
3 Takeaways About the Connection Between Reading and Writing Instruction
A researcher and a teacher share practical tips from Education Week's writing forum. → Read More
Will Restrictions on Teaching 'Controversial' Issues Target Science Classes?
Proposals that target the teaching of evolution aren't new, experts say. But they're changing shape in the current political moment. → Read More
Students' Data Literacy Is Slipping, Even as Jobs Demand the Skill
And fewer teachers report placing a “moderate” or “heavy” emphasis on the topic. → Read More
Teacher-Prep Programs Miss Chances to Build Teachers' Content Knowledge, Report Says
Teaching programs should guide candidates to courses that give them broad knowledge in science and social studies, as well as reading and math. → Read More
Making Math Matter: A District Leader's Mission
As a teacher, Tonya Clarke sought to change the way her students saw math. Now, she's bringing her vision districtwide. → Read More
What Professional Development for Math Teachers Should Look Like
Transforming math instruction also means transforming professional development, one Georgia leader says. → Read More
What to Know About a Neo-Nazi Home-School Scandal
Three things to know about how the incident connects to broader public education debates. → Read More
Many Students Don't Fill Out the FAFSA. Here's One Practice That Could Help
New data suggests that meeting with a school counselor could make a difference. → Read More
Teachers Are Told to 'Activate Prior Knowledge.' Here's How That Works in Reading
New research pinpoints steps teachers can take to help students transfer knowledge to new texts. → Read More
What Is Background Knowledge, and How Does It Fit Into the Science of Reading?
What a greater focus on content could mean for reading instruction. → Read More
States Have Soured on the High School Exit Exam. Here's Why
The pandemic is one reason, but interest has waned for some time in light of mixed research. → Read More