English-only proposal for Head Start would set kids back, say parents and program leaders
Over the past few years, Ginger Williams has watched the number of children learning English inch up at the six Head Start sites she runs across Snohomish County, Washington, just north of Seattle.…
The federally funded preschool program has long been required to provi…
” If a majority of children in a program speak a language other than E…
Teachers are also required to focus both on teaching students English …
Colleges are scrambling to figure out new student loan rules. Students are paying the price
Mikiah Roberson expected to receive her federal $6,700 student loan disbursement sometime between May 27 and June 3, just in time to make her rent and car payments.…
Instead, June 3 came and went.
Days, weeks and finally over a month passed.
Roberson, a graduate student in University of Maryland Global Campus’s…
As Male Teachers Vanish From the Classroom, Schools Look for Ways to Bring Them Back
Men account for about 23% of elementary and secondary teachers in public schools, down from 30% in 1988, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.…
This statistic prompted the Male Educator Network & Policy Institute (…
Why Men Become TeachersMEN recently released the results of an online …
The survey revealed that 78% of participants went into the profession …
Have you considered that the greatest risk of artificial intelligence might not be plagiarism, but the quiet erosion of students’ ability to think for themselves?…
“How does Kate Chopin use irony to challenge the reader’s understandin…
” I ask while standing in front of my 11th-grade English class.
Normally, this is the point where students flip through the text, unde…
Can a Letter From Washington Actually Change How Schools Buy Technology?
The Department of Education has just released its first major guidance on classroom technology in years, urging states and districts to focus on outcomes rather than logins or screen time.…
The letter draws a firm line between recreational and instructional sc…
On this episode of This Week with EdSurge, Ira Apfel sits down with Di…
Both guests welcome the letter, but neither is convinced it accomplish…
Are Schools Inadvertently Making Students More Stressed?
Students are facing a well-documented mental health crisis that was on the rise even before the pandemic, and schools have responded with social-emotional learning (SEL) and wellness programs.…
But what if some of these very practices are contributing to students’…
In “The Teens Are Not Alright: School and Classroom Practices to Suppo…
Grades, tests, homework and heavy workloads are top among high school …
An iPad has several advantages over a laptop, including its touch screen and portability. But depending on what you want to do, it might not be enough.
How to set up ChatGPT's parental controls to protect your teen
The idea of your child using ChatGPT can be daunting, but OpenAI's new teen-focused tools provide granular controls over what they can and can't access.
US Lobby’s $1.1 Trillion Freight Rail Electrification Study Intentionally Asked The Wrong Question
Direct electric freight rail is not speculative technology.It already operates across enormous railway systems, moves very heavy freight and works in difficult climates.…
The interesting North American question is therefore not whether elect…
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