Teachers in New York Get a Big Check-In: Why the State Ranks Among the Best

I’ve been in classrooms where hopeful new teachers arrived with fresh ideas, only to leave two years later whispering the ...
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Rethinking What New York Schools Can Be: Beyond the Bell

When I taught in the city for a short while, my students could recite subway routes faster than multiplication tables. ...
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When Soap at School Isn’t So Simple: A DermaRite Recall Parents and Teachers Should Notice

I still remember my first year teaching, when the school bathroom soap dispensers ran empty for two days. You’d think ...
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State Agency Demands Fix-It Plan for Failing Middle Schools — Or Faces Taking Over Local District

I’ve stood in classrooms where the walls feel heavy with frustration kids trying, teachers trying, but the system still falling ...
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Bell-to-Bell Phone Freeze: Gov. Hochul’s Push for A Classroom Awakening

Take a breath, roll up your sleeves, because a real classroom shift is upon us. As the school year ramps ...
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California’s Four-Year-Olds Step Into Classrooms Built Just for Them

Break out the crayons and the circle rugs, California’s littlest learners are stepping into something big. For the first time, ...
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North Carolina Schools Tread Water as Full Budget Vanishes

Picture this: schools across North Carolina are prepping for bell rings, bus lines, and first-day jitters but without the bedrock ...
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Maryland Schools Step Into Fall With New Teachers, New Math Rules, and Shrinking Federal Funds

The school bells in Maryland are about to ring again, but the air feels a little different this year. Classrooms ...
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Illinois School Districts Embrace Mental Health Checks Before the Bell Rings

Imagine a classroom where mental health checks become as routine as checking vision or hearing, a first-of-its-kind statewide mandate in ...
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Schools Scratching Away at a Lingering Attendance Crisis

Five years on from that global shake-up when classrooms fell silent, schools are still wrestling with a ghost that came ...
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