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Literacy

Science of Reading vs. Whole Language War Rages On; Students Lose

Johnathon stared at me. I stared back at him. With no words spoken between us, we communicated with only our eyes; my tutoring student and I locked in a battle of wills that we were both determined...

Social Emotional Learning

Weave Social Emotional Learning into the Fabric of the School Day

As the rates of anxiety and depression increase among students, teachers experience burnout, and mental health professionals disappear from schools, it’s clear: Our schools are at a tipping point....

How Should Schools Spend ESSER Summer Funds? RI Case Study Has Some Clues

Two years ago, the U.S. Department of Education released the bulk of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds to state education agencies. It was the largest-ever one-time...

Mental Health

Advocacy for Mental Health in Schools Starts With Us

There is no shortage of headlines decrying our kids and students are grappling with unprecedented levels of depression and anxiety. A meta-analysis of studies looking at global rates of depression...

Republican Education Bill Would Increase Interference in Classrooms

Parenting is a crash course in uncovering the truth, whether it’s a chocolate-stained toddler promising they didn’t get into the cookie jar, or a teenager assuring us that “of course there’ll be...

Literacy

The ‘Transformation is Real’ as the Science of Reading Takes Hold Across Public Schools

Perquimans Central Elementary is a school for pre-kindergarten through second grade in North Carolina’s rural northeast. Years ago, when Melissa Fields served as principal there, she adopted Lucy...