By LeiLani Cauthen Editor’s Note: This three-part series aims to identify the underlying problem to act on, rather than treat each challenge in isolation. In part one we examined the teacher shortage and concluded it is a challenge, not the root problem. In part two we looked at student attrition and enrollment loss and again … Read more

If you were born before the digital age, you likely remember spending long summer afternoons outside—playing until the sun set, riding bikes to a friend’s house, tossing a ball in an alley, and only returning home when called. Those unstructured outdoor hours were more than recreation; they were formative. Although technology and modern schedules have … Read more

Guest article by Dan Lauer This saying has always held true: education is about preparing people for the world they will enter. As the oldest members of Generation Z — commonly defined as those born after 1997 — approach adulthood and prepare for college, higher education institutions must ask whether they are truly ready to … Read more

By Rebecca Salem As education moves into a new era of learning and collaboration, teachers and administrators are encountering fresh challenges and opportunities every day. The disruption caused by the pandemic exposed gaps in access and instructional continuity: last year, UNICEF warned that more than one billion children risked falling behind when campuses closed. As … Read more

Guest article written by Dr. Susan Foster Faculty Member, M.Ed. in School Counseling at American Public University The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified bullying as a public health crisis. Unlike many public health problems, bullying is entirely preventable with coordinated effort. To stop bullying, educators, parents, counselors, and community members must understand … Read more

Written by: Robyn Shulman Holiday for Hope Did you know the current estimated range for homeless children in the United States is between 1.6 million and 2.1 million? These figures include children living in shelters, doubled-up with relatives or friends, in transitional housing, or otherwise without a stable place to call home. In Illinois specifically, … Read more

The New Hampshire Department of Education (NHED) has launched an expanded partnership with Discovery Education to strengthen civics instruction across the state. This initiative is designed to prepare students to be informed, engaged participants in democracy by providing high-quality, standards-aligned curriculum, digital resources, and professional learning for teachers. In March, the Governor and Executive Council … Read more

By Charles Sosnik Tick Tock. About 13,800 district superintendents are facing a hard deadline: September 30. That date marks the statutory cutoff for committing ESSER III funds, and with little time left many districts are scrambling to decide how to use billions of federal dollars meant to support students and accelerate learning recovery. As September … Read more

Frequently Asked Questions for New Teachers Which states can I teach in after I graduate? When you graduate, you are eligible to teach in the state that issues your teaching certificate. If you want to teach in another state, you must research that state’s licensure requirements because rules differ across the country. Most states require … Read more

By Betsy Hill and Roger Stark Several state departments of education are reconsidering the A–F school grading systems introduced during the No Child Left Behind era. Those systems were created to give parents a straightforward snapshot of a school’s performance so they could make informed choices about where to enroll their children. But a single … Read more