Stories

Give a Kid an Algorithm and They Learn for a Day; Teach Them How to Solve Problems and They Learn for a Lifetime

Okay y'all, I got a confession to make. I have a love-hate relationship with mathematical algorithms–those simple step-by-step directions that can be used to solve problems. The real math folx know...

Teaching

Wise Use of Time Creates Calmer, Kinder Schools

For my student Andrea, the seven-hour school day is a grind. She is at school early and has AP Calculus for first period, even though she is only partially awake at that hour. She will sit in her...

Math

How and Why Teachers Should Weave History Into Math Lessons

For some, the word math might conjure up a sheet of problems or set of rules to follow. But math isn’t just about introducing students to a set of isolated skills and algorithms but an integral and...

Hey Shawnta! How Can I Ensure My Children’s School Incorporates Their Latino Heritage After Hispanic Heritage Month Ends?

Hey Shawnta! How can I ensure my children’s school incorporates their Latino heritage after Hispanic Heritage Month ends? Sincerely, Latino 365 Hi Latino 365, As a Black woman, I can empathize with...

COVID-19

More than politics: New studies help explain why some schools reopened while others stayed virtual

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. To critics, keeping schools closed during the pandemic was not only a colossal blunder — it was...

Social Emotional Learning

If You Think SEL Matters in Schools, Now's a Good Time for Us All to Get on the Same Page

We can’t have a serious conversation about educational equity without having a normed understanding of what social emotional learning should look and sound like in our schools. Furthermore, you...