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Math

Are Instructors Teaching Math Or Reinforcing Schooling?

I have two questions for my math teacher friends: Do you require your students to memorize formulas and algorithms for tests/quizzes or do you provide them with a formula sheet? And for those who...

LGBTQ

Trans Kids (And Their Parents) Are Under Attack in America

Transgender youth are under attack in America. Up to 18 states have proposed laws banning transgender people from gender affirming care with various age cutoffs. Many states have proposed banning...

America Has a Boy Problem. Public Schools Can Solve It.

Someone on TikTok recently said, "we don't have a gun problem in America. We have a man problem." As proof, she pointed out that guns are equally accessible to women and men in this country, but men...

Things Dr. King Said About Education That Might Surprise You

“It's not burn baby burn, but learn, baby, learn, so that you can earn, baby, earn.” You might be surprised that the author of “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” could also riff on a slogan first coined...

CRT

New Arkansas Governor Stops CRT Before It Starts

On her first day in office, incoming Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders turned up the heat on the culture wars. She issued seven executive orders, one of which bans “critical race theory” (CRT)...

Teachers, Instilling Life-Long Learning May Be As Simple As Child’s Play

For decades, teachers have engaged their youngest students in play-based learning activities to expand their minds. Many of us remember playing with blocks in kindergarten or building dioramas in...