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Why mentorship networks are essential in the college admissions process

October 15, 2025 by Dr. Mike Manzella, SSP International

Supportive college mentorship networks can alleviate the school counselor shortage and help high school students navigate the process.

As the vice president of academic affairs and a member of the admissions committee at SSP International (SSPI), a nonprofit organization offering immersive scientific experiences, I review hundreds…

Teaching Trends

Teaching isn’t about perfection, it’s about showing up–here’s how to do that

October 14, 2025 by Gelisa Patin, Plaquemine High School

At its heart, teaching and education are about reflecting, leaning on others, and always opening doors for all students.

When I walked into my first classroom almost a decade ago, I had no idea how many “first days” I would experience--and how each one would teach me…

Universal Design for Learning

Next gen learning spaces: UDL in action

October 13, 2025 by Leslie Stebbins, Research4Ed

Learning spaces and UDL changes can significantly influence student engagement, well-being, and academic achievement.

By embracing Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles in purchasing decisions, school leaders can create learning spaces that not only accommodate students with disabilities but enhance the educational…

College and Career Readiness

Tools and ideas to engage students in career-connected learning

October 7, 2025 by Dr. Angie Haro, EdD, Education Service Center Region 19

Career-connected learning ensure that all students graduate prepared, inspired, and equipped to thrive in college and the workforce.

For nearly two decades, I’ve worked to improve teaching and learning with technology. And while the continuously evolving nature of technology has changed the trajectory of my career…

Literacy

Strengthening middle school literacy: What educators need to know

October 1, 2025 by Laura Ascione

Building middle school literacy doesn’t just improve test scores--it gives students the skills to succeed in every subject.

Literacy has always been the foundation of learning, but for middle school students, the stakes are especially high. These years mark the critical shift from learning to read…

District Management

I asked students why they go to school–this answer changed how I design campuses

November 7, 2025September 30, 2025 by Enrico Giori, Chalkbeat

Students should be included in shaping the school environments they spend most days in--after all, they're a critical piece.

In February of 2023, I was leading a visioning workshop with a group of middle schoolers in Southern California. Their energy was vibrant, their curiosity sharp. We began…

Martinsville, VA – Security and Improved Situational Awareness Case Study

October 1, 2025September 29, 2025 by Jeff Festa

Martinsville City Schools use detection technology integrated with video and access control to cut emergency response time—empowering staff to act ... Read more

Curriculum & Assessment

NAEP scores for class of 2024 show major declines, with fewer students college ready

September 26, 2025 by Erica Meltzer, Chalkbeat

Students who took the NAEP were in eighth grade in March of 2020 and experienced a highly disrupted freshman year because of the pandemic.

Students from the class of 2024 had historically low scores on a major national test administered just months before they graduated.

Newsline

BBC Learning Hub Launches Walking with Dinosaurs Virtual Field Trip Resources

September 23, 2025 by Teach Strats Staff

San Antonio, TX (August 26, 2025)—Over 25 years since Walking with Dinosaurs first stomped across the screen and following its ... Read more

Newsline

ST Math Students Double Math Gains Through Phillips 66 Partnership: 10+ Years of Lasting Impact and Local Commitment

September 18, 2025 by Teach Strats Staff

Over 60,000 students have benefited from the math program built on how the brain naturally learns A new analysis shows ... Read more

Literacy

4 tips to help older K-12 readers

September 17, 2025 by Miah Daughtery, EdD, NWEA

Middle schoolers and older readers will encounter interdisciplinary subjects that play a unique role in their developing literacy skills.

Teachers are noticing that older readers need ongoing support to read materials used in their classrooms. In a study commissioned by the Advanced Education Research and Development Fund…

Special Needs

Supporting neurodiverse learners requires more than accommodation: It demands systemic change

September 12, 2025 by Dr. Melanie Johnson, Collaborative for Children

Neurotypical students who learn alongside neurodiverse students and peers develop critical social-emotional skills.

Approximately 1 in 5 children in the United States are estimated to be neurodivergent, representing a spectrum of learning and thinking differences such as autism, ADHD, dyslexia, and…

Better Behavior, Thriving Students

September 18, 2025September 5, 2025 by Jeff Festa

To promote classroom behavior that supports student learning, educators need proactive, practical strategies. The Second Step® behavior mitigation guide ... Read more

College and Career Readiness

Choice-ready: Exploring a new standard for preparing students for the future of work

September 5, 2025 by Dr. John Stover, Rockingham County Schools

Choice-ready students can move fluidly from one path to another as their interests--and the world--evolve for the future of work.

As AI, automation, and global connectivity continue to reshape every industry, today’s students are stepping into a world where lifelong careers in a single field are increasingly rare.

Teaching Trends

4 tips to create an engaging digital syllabus

September 4, 2025 by Joep Leussink, AddEvent

A digital syllabus can evolve into a classroom tool that simplifies classroom management and drives more engagement year-round.

Back-to-school season arrives every year with a mixed bag of emotions for most educators, including anticipation and excitement, but also anxiety.

Student Well-Being

One-third of U.S. public schools screen students for mental health

September 3, 2025 by Teach Strats Staff

Public schools are strategic resources for screening, treatment, and referral for mental health services for students of all ages.

Nearly one-third of the nation's K–12 U.S. public schools mandate mental health screening for students, with most offering in-person treatment or referral to a community mental health professional…

8 Must-Have Features of a Winning School Library Management System

September 18, 2025August 29, 2025 by Jeff Festa

Invest in your students’ futures with MackinVision. This new school library resource management tool delivers intuitive browsing, secure access, ... Read more

Classroom Management

3 steps to build belonging in the classroom

August 27, 2025 by Brandy Arnold, Wayfinder

Establishing classroom norms with students isn’t just about managing behavior; it’s about creating a culture of trust and support.

The first few weeks of school are more than a fresh start--they’re a powerful opportunity to lay the foundation for the relationships, habits, and learning that will define…

AI in Education

In training educators to use AI, we must not outsource the foundational work of teaching

August 26, 2025 by Timothy Cook, Chalkbeat

The problem is not AI or technology; it’s that educators and systems continue prioritizing finished products over messy learning processes.

I was conferencing with a group of students when I heard the excitement building across my third grade classroom. A boy at the back table had been working…

Teaching Trends

The power of instructional intent statements in assignment design

August 18, 2025 by Steven M. Baule, Ed.D., Ph.D.

Weaving instructional intent statements into assignment design represents a shift toward more transparent, student-centered pedagogy

In education--and particularly with my graduate students in higher education--students occasionally focus on the individual points of an assignment rubric instead of stepping back and looking holistically at…

2025 AI in Education – A Microsoft Special Report

September 17, 2025August 16, 2025 by Jeff Festa

To better understand the state of AI in education, Microsoft Education has conducted numerous studies and surveys and collaborated with ... Read more

AI in Education

Creative approaches to teaching math can help fill AI talent gap

August 15, 2025 by Dr. Nadine Bonda, TERC

$Math is critical for success in STEM and AI, yet too many students either avoid or do not succeed in it--that must change.$

Not surprisingly, jobs in AI are the fastest growing of any in the country, with a 59 percent increase in job postings between January 2024 and November 2024.…

Literacy

5 steps to a successful literacy training rollout for teachers

August 12, 2025 by Catherine Guillory, Lafayette Parish School System

A lot of teachers assume that once students get to fourth or fifth grade, they already know how to read. And while this is true most of the…

Literacy

4 tips to support the literacy needs of middle and high school students

August 8, 2025 by Teach Strats Staff

A new report underscores the literacy challenges of older students left behind by the COVID-19 pandemic's disruptions to learning.

Today's middle schoolers continue to struggle post-pandemic to read and write at the level needed to successfully navigate more complex academic content in the upper grades and beyond.

AI in Education

AI teacher tools display racial bias when generating student behavior plans, study finds

August 7, 2025 by Norah Rami, Chalkbeat

When asked to provide behavior intervention plans, AI teacher assistant tools generated more-punitive recommendations for students with Black-coded names

Asked to generate intervention plans for struggling students, AI teacher assistants recommended more-punitive measures for hypothetical students with Black-coded names and more supportive approaches for students the platforms…

Trauma-Informed Teaching

Resilient MTSS: Adding a trauma-responsive lens for student support

August 6, 2025 by Vivien Villaverde, USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work

A supportive school community serves as a strong childhood protective factor against the effects of trauma--and MTSS helps.

Across the country, our schools are being taxed beyond their capacity to support educational success. We’ve known for a long time that students need a three-dimensional structure of…

AI in Education

Just thank ChatGPT: How teens turned a secret tool into a shared success

January 14, 2026August 6, 2025 by Nesreen El-Baz, ESL Educator

AI isn’t going away--it’s already the silent partner in many students’ academic journeys, and educators should support them.

The more we listen to our students, the clearer it becomes: AI is not on the sidelines of learning anymore, it’s at the center. Students are using it…

AI in Education

Students are anxious about the future with AI–their parents are, too

August 5, 2025 by Michael B. Horn, Clayton Christensen Institute

In an era when the college-going rate of high school graduates has dropped, AI appears to be heightening anxieties about the value of college

In a Spring 2024 Education Next article, I argued that, despite the conventional wisdom that students were all in on artificial intelligence (AI), many in high school and college felt…

How Clearfield Elementary Connected Reading, Attendance, and Joy

September 18, 2025July 31, 2025 by Jeff Festa

At Clearfield Elementary, increasing reading engagement wasn’t just about books—it was about improving student attendance and creating a culture that ... Read more

AI in Education

Grading student writing with AI: What we lose when AI replaces teachers

December 9, 2025July 31, 2025 by Dennis Magliozzi & Kristina Peterson, University of New Hampshire's Writers Academy

Our students don’t write to impress a rubric--they write to be heard, and using AI to grade student writing misses the mark.

A colleague of ours recently attended an AI training where the opening slide featured a list of all the ways AI can revolutionize our classrooms. Grading was listed…

AI in Education

What really shapes the future of AI in education?

July 31, 2025 by Thomas Arnett, The Clayton Christensen Institute

AI breaks the mold of most machines and systems humans have designed and dealt with throughout history--including education.

A few weeks ago, MIT’s Media Lab put out a study on how AI affects the brain. The study ignited a firestorm of posts and comments on social media,…

Literacy

How we’re rebuilding literacy–and confidence–in our high school

July 28, 2025July 28, 2025 by Cindy Walker, Birmingham Community Charter High School

What began as a literacy strategy to help students access grade-level texts turned into a catalyst for broader reading transformation.

By the time students reach high school, reading struggles are harder to hide--and harder to address. Unlike early grades where texts are simpler and foundational skills are the…

AI in Education

From pen to prompt: Navigating AI in the classroom

July 28, 2025 by Kris Astle, SMART Technologies

Students can (and should) still show their work in the age of AI--but it might look a little different in today's classroom.

Education helps develop our cognitive muscles. Letting AI do it for us is not the answer, but could AI be a thought partner to help build this skill?…

K-12 Cybersecurity

Rethinking K-12 cyber strategies amid federal budget cuts

July 21, 2025 by Gary Barlet, Illumio

Incremental but intentional steps to strengthen cyber hygiene help school districts improve their security posture and realize savings.

The recent suspension of the K-12 Cybersecurity Government Coordinating Council marks a pivotal shift in how the nation’s public school systems manage cybersecurity.

College and Career Readiness

Integrating technology in CTE classrooms

July 14, 2025 by Dusty Moore, iCEV

Embracing technology in CTE helps prepare a future-ready workforce adept at leveraging technology for problem-solving and innovation.

By integrating advanced tools and digital resources, CTE educators can better engage students and mirror the high-tech environments they will eventually work in.

Literacy

Beyond formulas: Embracing complexity in writing instruction

July 8, 2025 by Brett Stamm, University of Southern Mississippi & Tiffany Larson, University of Central Oklahoma

Through thoughtful design and teaching, students can become flexible and skilled writers able to tackle the challenges of writing instruction

Early in our careers, when we were fresh-faced and idealistic (we still are!) the prepackaged curriculum and the advice of more experienced colleagues was the go-to resource.

District Management

How our district turned a sea of data into a compass for change

July 7, 2025 by Dr. Adrienne Usher, Bullitt County Public Schools

Consolidating data in a single system helped a district more effectively meet the varied needs of its 13,000 students.

Before Bullitt County Public Schools implemented a comprehensive data system, we often found ourselves looking at multiple different data sources for each individual child.

Digital Learning Tools

10 (and counting…) Google goodies for your classroom

July 7, 2025July 4, 2025 by Laura Ascione

Teachers of all subjects and grade levels can leverage these ideas and resources for using Google tools in the classroom.

During an ISTELive 25 session, Dr. Wanda Terral, chief of technology for Tennessee’s Lakeland School System, took attendees through a growing list of Google tools, along with some…

Digital Learning Tools

5 strategies to get your students talking

July 3, 2025 by Laura Ascione

Technology tools play a crucial role in fostering better discussions among students--in physical and digital classrooms.

Communication is one of today’s most in-demand skills, and building strong communication skills in person and online is critical. Those skills start in the classroom.

Why mentorship networks are essential in the college admissions process

Teaching isn’t about perfection, it’s about showing up–here’s how to do that

Next gen learning spaces: UDL in action

Tools and ideas to engage students in career-connected learning

Strengthening middle school literacy: What educators need to know

I asked students why they go to school–this answer changed how I design campuses

NAEP scores for class of 2024 show major declines, with fewer students college ready

BBC Learning Hub Launches Walking with Dinosaurs Virtual Field Trip Resources

ST Math Students Double Math Gains Through Phillips 66 Partnership: 10+ Years of Lasting Impact and Local Commitment

4 tips to help older K-12 readers

Supporting neurodiverse learners requires more than accommodation: It demands systemic change

Choice-ready: Exploring a new standard for preparing students for the future of work

4 tips to create an engaging digital syllabus

One-third of U.S. public schools screen students for mental health

3 steps to build belonging in the classroom

In training educators to use AI, we must not outsource the foundational work of teaching

The power of instructional intent statements in assignment design

Creative approaches to teaching math can help fill AI talent gap

5 steps to a successful literacy training rollout for teachers

4 tips to support the literacy needs of middle and high school students

AI teacher tools display racial bias when generating student behavior plans, study finds

Resilient MTSS: Adding a trauma-responsive lens for student support

Just thank ChatGPT: How teens turned a secret tool into a shared success

Students are anxious about the future with AI–their parents are, too

Grading student writing with AI: What we lose when AI replaces teachers

How we’re rebuilding literacy–and confidence–in our high school

From pen to prompt: Navigating AI in the classroom

Rethinking K-12 cyber strategies amid federal budget cuts

Integrating technology in CTE classrooms

Beyond formulas: Embracing complexity in writing instruction

How our district turned a sea of data into a compass for change

10 (and counting…) Google goodies for your classroom

5 strategies to get your students talking

Why interactive solutions are a smarter investment for schools

Follett Content Accelerates Public Library Strategy

Celebrating Teachers: Nominate Outstanding Educators for Crystal Apple Awards

School Specialty Expands Learning Beyond the Screen with New Outdoor Furniture Line

Avantis Education Transforms Classroom Inclusivity with Launch of EduverseTHRIVE at TCEA 2026

Lerner Publishing Group Launches Dr. Gholdy Muhammad’s Genius and Joy Curriculum

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