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Teach Consent Early: Schools Can Help Boys Respect Boundaries: Experts say students should be learning about consent as early as kindergarten.
Teach Consent Early: Schools Can Help Boys Respect Boundaries
Experts say students should be learning about consent as early as kindergarten.
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What Happens to Student Achievement When a Charter School Opens Nearby?: A new paper looks at what happens to all students within district boundaries when a charter school opens.
What Happens to Student Achievement When a Charter School Opens Nearby?
A new paper looks at what happens to all students within district boundaries when a charter school opens.
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How Do You Start Your Day With Students?: Greeting students by name can go a long way toward a better school day for them.
How Do You Start Your Day With Students?
Greeting students by name can go a long way toward a better school day for them.
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Beyond September: The Ordinary-Tuesday Test for Relationships - SPONSOR CONTENT: Strong, consistent relationships build student belonging, improve attendance, and create positive school climates that support learning.
Beyond September: The Ordinary-Tuesday Test for Relationships - SPONSOR CONTENT
Strong, consistent relationships build student belonging, improve attendance, and create positive school climates that support learning.
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After Layoffs and Cuts, Ed. Dept. Funds New English Learner Teacher Grants: All 12 grantees submitted letters of endorsement from state leaders, agency press officials said.
After Layoffs and Cuts, Ed. Dept. Funds New English Learner Teacher Grants
All 12 grantees submitted letters of endorsement from state leaders, agency press officials said.
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Microsoft Outage Shows Risks of Relying on a Single Tech Provider for Essential Services: There were multiple reports of school communications being knocked offline.
Microsoft Outage Shows Risks of Relying on a Single Tech Provider for Essential Services
There were multiple reports of school communications being knocked offline.
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How Should States Evaluate Reading Curricula? Debate in California Heats Up: Groups say California's proposed list doesn’t give districts enough information to make good choices.
How Should States Evaluate Reading Curricula? Debate in California Heats Up
Groups say California's proposed list doesn’t give districts enough information to make good choices.
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Mud Pies and Monkey Bars: Inside a Transitional Kindergarten Built for Play: When elementary schools welcome 4-year-olds, they must reimagine their facilities, curricula, and teacher training.
Mud Pies and Monkey Bars: Inside a Transitional Kindergarten Built for Play
When elementary schools welcome 4-year-olds, they must reimagine their facilities, curricula, and teacher training.
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Microsoft Reports Progress After Outages That Disrupt Schools and Other Institutions: The tech giant said many email processes had been restored over the past day.
Microsoft Reports Progress After Outages That Disrupt Schools and Other Institutions
The tech giant said many email processes had been restored over the past day.
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Trump Admin. Finalizes Rollback of Required Raises for Head Start Teachers: A Biden-era policy would have raised the average Head Start worker’s salary by about $10,000 by 2031.
Trump Admin. Finalizes Rollback of Required Raises for Head Start Teachers
A Biden-era policy would have raised the average Head Start worker’s salary by about $10,000 by 2031.
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‘Teacher as Participant’ and Other Methods to Engage English Learners (Opinion): Strategies for language acquisition that work don’t have to be tedious for students.
‘Teacher as Participant’ and Other Methods to Engage English Learners (Opinion)
Strategies for language acquisition that work don’t have to be tedious for students.
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A New Tool Can Help School Districts Predict Teacher Turnover: Local economic trends and competition can drive recruitment and predict retention, new year-over-year research shows.
A New Tool Can Help School Districts Predict Teacher Turnover
Local economic trends and competition can drive recruitment and predict retention, new year-over-year research shows.
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IRS Will Go ‘As Broad As We Can’ With Federal K-12 Choice Rules: Federal regulators want K-12 students to spend tax-credit scholarship funds on “a large range of educational needs."
IRS Will Go ‘As Broad As We Can’ With Federal K-12 Choice Rules
Federal regulators want K-12 students to spend tax-credit scholarship funds on “a large range of educational needs."
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How Do You Start Your Day With Students?: Greeting students by name can go a long way toward a better school day for them.
How Do You Start Your Day With Students?
Greeting students by name can go a long way toward a better school day for them.
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Harvard Taps 5,000 Studies to Show How AI Helps or Hinders Learning: AI’s effects on learning can differ depending on a child's age and what skills they’re developing.
Harvard Taps 5,000 Studies to Show How AI Helps or Hinders Learning
AI’s effects on learning can differ depending on a child's age and what skills they’re developing.
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Students Have Big Feelings. Can Principals Interpret Them?: Teachers have noticed a worrying trend on the rise—young students find it hard to regulate their emotions in class. They hit, bite, scream, or shut down. They refuse to complete tasks and disrupt classes. Educators and school leaders…
Students Have Big Feelings. Can Principals Interpret Them?
Teachers have noticed a worrying trend on the rise—young students find it hard to regulate their emotions in class. They hit, bite, scream, or shut down. They refuse to complete tasks and disrupt classes. Educators and school leaders struggle often struggle to find the right consequences, and even if they do, they may have to contend with angry parents, who refute their decisions.
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Have Big Feelings. Can Principals Interpret Them?: Teachers have noticed a worrying trend on the rise—young students find it hard to regulate their emotions in class. They hit, bite, scream, or shut down. They refuse to complete tasks and disrupt classes. Educators and school leaders struggle often…
Have Big Feelings. Can Principals Interpret Them?
Teachers have noticed a worrying trend on the rise—young students find it hard to regulate their emotions in class. They hit, bite, scream, or shut down. They refuse to complete tasks and disrupt classes. Educators and school leaders struggle often struggle to find the right consequences, and even if they do, they may have to contend with angry parents, who refute their decisions.
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After My Mother Died, a Teacher Misread My Pain (Opinion): Here’s how educators can avoid making the same mistake.
After My Mother Died, a Teacher Misread My Pain (Opinion)
Here’s how educators can avoid making the same mistake.
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School Districts Asked Voters for More Funding. Many Said No: In at least seven states, a majority of local ballot measures for school funding failed.
School Districts Asked Voters for More Funding. Many Said No
In at least seven states, a majority of local ballot measures for school funding failed.
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Students Don’t Read for Fun. Here’s How to Change That: Three strategies to get students to read more.
Students Don’t Read for Fun. Here’s How to Change That
Three strategies to get students to read more.
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Teachers Discuss How the Political Climate Has Affected Their Classrooms (Opinion): Understanding how student attitudes have changed can improve an educator’s instructional approach.
Teachers Discuss How the Political Climate Has Affected Their Classrooms (Opinion)
Understanding how student attitudes have changed can improve an educator’s instructional approach.
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Washington State Sued Over Newly Approved Trans Student-Athlete Ban: The lawsuit says school sports are an essential part of education, including for transgender students.
Washington State Sued Over Newly Approved Trans Student-Athlete Ban
The lawsuit says school sports are an essential part of education, including for transgender students.
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Anthropic Agrees to Protections for Teachers Who Use Claude: AI giant will allow districts more contract protections for privacy and safety.
Anthropic Agrees to Protections for Teachers Who Use Claude
AI giant will allow districts more contract protections for privacy and safety.
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Working With Parents Is Hard. These Teacher-Prep Programs Prioritize that Skill: Student-teachers in new preparation programs learn to go beyond the classroom when engaging families.
Working With Parents Is Hard. These Teacher-Prep Programs Prioritize that Skill
Student-teachers in new preparation programs learn to go beyond the classroom when engaging families.
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Students Who Turn to AI for Emotional Support Report Worse Mental Health: Some student uses of AI are associated with worse mental health and well-being outcomes.
Students Who Turn to AI for Emotional Support Report Worse Mental Health
Some student uses of AI are associated with worse mental health and well-being outcomes.
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Is AI Good or Bad for Learning? The Answer Isn't So Simple: A review of emerging research found that some use cases are more promising than others—but almost all offered caveats.
Is AI Good or Bad for Learning? The Answer Isn't So Simple
A review of emerging research found that some use cases are more promising than others—but almost all offered caveats.
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Less Clicking, More Clapping: The Power of Games in the Classroom (Opinion): Tired of competing with screens for student attention? Look to the theater and improv world.
Less Clicking, More Clapping: The Power of Games in the Classroom (Opinion)
Tired of competing with screens for student attention? Look to the theater and improv world.
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Results: How Will the 2026 Midterms Reshape Schools?: Look up each state and the outcomes of key 2026 contests with implications for K-12 schools.
Results: How Will the 2026 Midterms Reshape Schools?
Look up each state and the outcomes of key 2026 contests with implications for K-12 schools.
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Florida Schools Could Struggle to Fund Police Officers After Property Tax Cuts: School leaders expect local police agencies to reduce their contributions after Amendment 3's passage.
Florida Schools Could Struggle to Fund Police Officers After Property Tax Cuts
School leaders expect local police agencies to reduce their contributions after Amendment 3's passage.
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Principals Wake Up 15 Times a Night. 5 Ways to Reclaim Your Health: School leaders are at risk for burnout and health challenges. These strategies can help.
Principals Wake Up 15 Times a Night. 5 Ways to Reclaim Your Health
School leaders are at risk for burnout and health challenges. These strategies can help.
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