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Students are provided the opportunity to use America’s national parks as case studies for environmental issues and tough conversations in this course.
New research found that a 2001 Texas policy has reduced teachers’ wages.
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Researchers found that lowering restrictions for new teachers had some unintended consequences.
Math problems take on new meaning in this class that combines rhymes and verse with math instruction.
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A math professor explains how he prepares future teachers to use poetry in their math instruction.
AI creates potential for more personalized learning.
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A scholar explains how artificial intelligence systems can revolutionize the way students learn.
Teacher pensions cost nearly $66 billion in 2020.
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States are struggling to cover pension costs for public school teachers. A education policy expert weighs in on potential solutions.
Educators stereotype Black students in subtle ways.
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Though difficult to pinpoint, white educators often put forth stereotypes when they discuss Black students among themselves, new research has found.
High school students have studied many of the same books for generations. Is it time for a change?
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An English professor takes a critical look at why today’s students are assigned the same books that were assigned decades ago – and why American school curricula are so difficult to change.
Introductory science classes typically require students to memorize facts, rather than teaching them the basis of scientific thinking.
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College science classes often fall short of helping students see connections across subjects. Can a new approach make a difference?
Teachers with traditional certifications are more likely to continue teaching than those with alternative certifications.
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Teachers who take alternative routes to being certified tend to leave their positions sooner than educators who go through colleges of education, new research shows.
Sustainable development should be embedded in all school subjects.
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Learning about sustainable development and consumption should not be limited to particular disciplines like those in the sciences and technologies.
A fifth grade teacher conducts her class via distance learning in a classroom.
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Just because learning is remote in many places doesn’t mean teachers can’t build more meaningful relationships with their students, a researcher who has examined the issue suggests.
Babies love to look at faces for good reason.
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With caregivers’ faces covered, infants and young children will miss out on all the visual cues they’d normally get during stages of rapid developmental growth.
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South Africa’s national lockdown will amplify the needs of children with special education needs and disability.
Teachers can suffer abuse on the job.
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From being subjected to harassment and threats to getting assaulted or having their cars keyed, many American teachers are being victimized.
Technologies like Virtual Reality can play a role in schools, but teachers must be properly empowered and involved.
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A clearer understanding of teachers’ needs is required if schools and universities are to be better prepared for a future where technology is key to teaching and learning.
Creative, social and family life should not be banished from the knowledge economy.
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Transforming knowledge and letting oneself be transformed by the knowledge of others requires slowness, almost an asceticism.
Students listen to their teacher, Shuma Das, at the Sahabatpur Daspara Ananda school in Sahabatpur village, Bangladesh in 2016.
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Research from around the world shows that boosting teacher pay can lead to better student learning, but only if it’s accompanied by other things.
Educators can use story-telling to make students more politically aware.
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Election campaigns inspire hope, but they can also quickly lead to political despair. A scholar says young citizens can learn how to take positive action and stay hopeful.
A man adds his comments to a spontaneous memorial of flowers and sidewalk writing that has appeared a block from the Tree of Life Synagogue on Monday, Oct. 29. A gunman shot a killed 11 people while they worshipped at the synagogue the Saturday before.
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To grasp how extraordinary evils are often committed by ordinary people, we need to consider how we define evil, and most importantly, whom we consider to be the agents of evil.
School children at Nunawading Christian College in Melbourne. What if rural students were educated as well?
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Lifting the standards of rural and remote students to the those of urban students could boost the economy by 3.3%