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There’s a better way to prepare kids for going back to school.

There’s a reason you don’t hear much about the Haitian Revolution in schools.

My preschooler showed me how to teach math better.

The American teacher shortage is headlining news stories and infiltrating social media, although there’s little consensus on whether this shortage is new or if it even exists. My Twitter feed is having a rumble between those who say the teacher shortage is a myth and those who point to districts like Newark, where there were 500 teaching vacancies as of June.

NYC’s Summer Boost program is helping Big Apple students in big ways.

State reading comprehension tests nationwide generally feature passages on topics students have not studied in class. Teachers and students have no idea what the passages will be about. 

While kids across the country still struggle to read due to pandemic school closures, hopeful signs are emerging in Tennessee. Why there?

’ve come to accept that no matter how much I love teaching, the education system will never love me back. I’ve known this for a while but a part of me used to believe that the system would one day come through for me tenfold and reward my commitment to my students.

Confidence in math is a multigenerational problem. Learn how to fix it here.