This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Restorative justice, an alternative to traditional discipline that is gaining popularity in schools, is seen as a shift in school culture that emphasizes reparation over retribution, described KQED News. While initial…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Chicago’s bus problems made headlines the first week of school, and district officials promised cash payments for transit assistants and a fast solution. But weeks later, several families told Chalkbeat that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A recent federal report that shows boys, black students, and students with disabilities get kicked out of school at higher rates than their peers. Restorative justice is built upon a foundation of empowering…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The job as the Educational Community Worker at Duarte was part of a new initiative started in 2019 by the LA County Office of Education aiming to bring together county…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Six months ago, 16-year-old Honduran Jeffrey Flores arrived in Fort Worth with his family without knowing a word of English but secure in the knowledge it would be among the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Young people need role models. That means that educators, families, and policymakers must show what it looks like to have empathy, to solve problems collaboratively, and to insist on perspective-taking.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women make up the majority of the K-12 education workforce but are chronically underrepresented in leadership roles. That’s especially true in IT leadership, where women hold just about a third…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Part three in a three-part series. Read part one and part two. With 77% of Colorado employers reporting that it was “very or somewhat difficult” to find qualified candidates for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Recent concerns expressed by those opposed to the inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer + content in school sexual health curricula are misguided. Having taught sexual health education…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Recent advances in the science of brain development offer us an unprecedented opportunity to solve some of society’s most challenging problems, from widening disparities in school achievement and economic productivity…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. RAND Corp. researchers estimate 321,000 undocumented and asylum-seeking children enrolled in the nation’s public schools between late 2016 and 2019, just ahead of the more recent and dramatic uptick in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The TED-Ed Innovative Educator Alumni Innovation Projects launched as a way to solve some of the most pressing issues in education by combining the strengths of inspiring educators who have completed the TED-Ed…