Stories

Here's How We Can Fix the Teacher Shortage and Raise Teacher Quality

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...

Math

Bloomberg Invested in a Ton of NYC Schools This Summer. Here's What It Did.

Despite a late announcement of the opportunity, Bloomberg Philanthropies supported summer school in 93% of New York City’s charter schools serving students in K-8. In July and August, Bloomberg...

Literacy

How Louisiana Created a More Equitable Reading Test

Imagine you are a high school student taking a U.S. history class. You spend the year studying the American Revolution, Civil War, and Great Depression. You show up for the final exam feeling...

Literacy

The Surprising State Where Kids Are Making a Reading Comeback

While kids across the country still struggle to read due to pandemic school closures, hopeful signs are emerging in Tennessee. Why there? When Brittany Ferrell’s son first came to her in Brownsville,...

Teaching

Criticizing Teachers Who Leave Will Not Fix the Teacher Shortage

I’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...

Math

Here’s How Math Anxiety Is Passed from Teacher to Student, And How to Break the Cycle

Editor’s note: This column is an edited version of Jason Ablin’s original post, Mentor Teachers and Classroom Environments, which you can read here. I call the design of classroom space the second...

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