Stories

Literacy

How Teachers and Families Can Help Students Build Reading Fluency Over the Summer

Summer is a time for trying new things. Summer can also be a time for falling backward on academic skills like reading fluency. Research shows that kids in the primary grades typically return from...

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Teaching

Teacher Strikes Aren't Just About Pay, They're About Better Bosses

This past year, we have witnessed an historic number of teacher strikes across the country. The demands of picketing teachers in Arizona, Denver, Los Angeles, Oakland, Oklahoma, West Virginia, and...

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Parents

Want a Winning High School? You'll Need a Winning School Board.

In 2016, then-24-year-old Cipriano Vargas became the youngest person ever elected to the Vista Unified School Board in California. After graduating from California State University San Marcos, where...

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IEP

I Didn't Think Personalized Learning Would Be Right For My Classroom But I'm So Glad I Was Wrong

In my first year of teaching I had the opportunity to teach in a school that was piloting personalized learning. As I got more comfortable with teaching and as I saw how diverse my classroom was, I...

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Learning

In 2019, Education's Getting More Personal, Memorable and Connected Than Ever

A new year brings new possibilities and new enhancements, particularly to educators across the world looking to implement unique techniques and technologies into their classrooms. The dynamic nature...

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Learning

Here's Why Homeschooling Isn't Just the Latest Fad, It's the Next Wave of Parent Choice

What do inner-city Black cultural enthusiasts, suburban Catholics and Silicon Valley techies all have in common? Almost nothing, except that they choose to homeschool their children. For mother April...

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