New strategy aims to improve student scores across APS Schools
A new approach in APS schools is improving student performance in all subjects. With early success at Barcelona Elementary, the "Teaching Up" strategy is set to expand, offering more personalized ...
Digital-learning platform improves reading growth by 9 percentile points, bridging learning gaps
Elementary school students improve their reading skills more quickly with an interactive, digital-learning platform than with ...
One state tried algebra for all eighth graders. It hasn't gone well
The Hechinger Report covers the reasons behind the initiative to have students take algebra in eighth grade, as well as its results, in Minnesota.
Omaha principal shifts learning to respond to post-COVID-19 crisis
An Omaha Public Schools principal said five years after the COVID-19 pandemic, schools are still dealing with the fallout of ...
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7 Learning Myths Your Students Probably Believe
From left- and right-brain thinking to the notion that talent beats persistence, these common myths can hinder student ...
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Teacher of the Week: Sandy Prather, fifth grade, Lincoln Trail Elementary, Mahomet
After 30 years in the Mahomet-Seymour School District, Lincoln Trail Elementary School fifth-grade teacher Sandy Prather will retire at the end of the school year. The Danville native was hired ...
Paterson will put sixth, seventh and eighth graders in separate schools from younger students
The moves will start in September. Officials say the change will reduce class size, improve academic performance, and reduce ...
A reading revolution: Schools turn to science-based approach
John Parent sat in the kindergarten classroom in wonderment as he saw the "science of reading" paying off in October 2023. "They're reading CVC words, three-letter words with consonant-vowel-consonant ...
America’s kids are still behind in reading and math. These schools are defying the trend.
The average American student remains half a grade level behind pre-pandemic levels of achievement in both reading and math.
Nebraska Board of Education approves literacy plan that implements science of reading strategies
A new literacy plan approved by the Nebraska State Board of Education Friday is focused on leveraging science of reading ...
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Not just playing games: 2nd graders are coding games at Hanover Public School District
On a recent school day, Dr. John Scola, the superintendent of Hanover Public School District, was learning ... 7 years old. That's because of a new initiative taken on by Hanover's school district ...