Teaching & Classroom
Exemptions to the city’s reading curriculum mandate have been awarded to schools with unusually high reading scores on state tests.
Indianapolis-area teachers will share their classroom experiences at this story slam that’s co-hosted by Chalkbeat Indiana on Feb. 25.
Damon teaches history at Denver’s DELTA High School. She is one of four finalists for the national award.
NAEP results released Wednesday showed little change in average math and reading scores for New Jersey, but gaps between the state’s lowest- and highest-performing students widened.
Scores for eighth grade reading and math as well as fourth grade reading are basically the same as NAEP results from 2022.
Indiana students’ NAEP scores are still lower on average than before the pandemic, but remain higher than national averages.
The 2024 NAEP results will add fuel to ongoing debates about pandemic-era school closures, COVID relief, screen time, the science of reading, and more.
Emma Humphries of iCivics says students can learn about American history, the role of the presidency, and the persistence of democracy, even in a divided nation.
A top Education Department official who oversees Mayor Eric Adams’ sweeping literacy overhaul is stepping down to run a Brooklyn school focused on students with reading challenges.
David Banks’ comments come as conversations about school cellphone bans are once again heating up in Albany.
Enrolling all eighth graders in algebra was supposed to get more students taking calculus in high school.
The move to pull the contract came just one day after Comptroller Brad Lander raised objections to the AI tool, which listens to students as they read and offers feedback.
City officials want to spend $1.9 million on an AI tutor to help students learn to read. Comptroller Brad Lander says the city needs a clear policy on the technology first.
Surveys show many teachers haven’t been trained by school districts on how to use AI. That presents a potent risk to sensitive personal data.
Surveys indicate many teachers haven’t been trained on how to use AI tools, even as some grow more comfortable with using them.
The School for Global Leaders, an International Baccalaureate middle school on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, will welcome its first ninth grade class next year.
In a letter shared this week, city officials promised teachers would have greater flexibility in how they implement the city’s reading curriculum mandate.
The shortage is causing students to miss out on behavior support, vocational training, and it's even preventing some students from getting to school.
State officials warned, however, that Colorado’s dire budget outlook could limit money for dyslexia support.
'We are not for sale,’ say teachers who want more meaningful investments in public schools.