The Biden-Harris administration has announced new initiatives to increase access to school-based mental health services for students, including increased funding and additional staff training. “Today’s announcements affirm the Biden-Harris Administration’s continued commitment to tackling our youth mental health crisis,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. “We know students are more likely to access mental…

OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay   Today would have been Malcolm X’s ninety-ninth birthday. You might be interested in The “Best” Resources For Learning & Teaching About Malcolm X.    Today would have been Malcolm X’s ninety-ninth birthday. You might be interested in The “Best” Resources For Learning & Teaching About Malcolm X. anniversaries Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Name one quick and easy-to-use formative assessment technique you can use tomorrow? On my teacher travels, I regularly quote a tried-and-trusted teacher technique I’ve used for 25 years. However, despite 3,000 blogs on this site, I have never written about it! As stated in the blog post title, the acronym C3B4Me…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Name one quick and easy-to-use formative assessment technique you can use tomorrow? On my teacher travels, I regularly quote a tried-and-trusted teacher technique I’ve used for 25 years. However, despite 3,000 blogs on this site, I have never written about it! As stated in the blog post title, the acronym C3B4Me…

Grading papers is hard work. “I hate it,” a teacher friend confessed to me. And that’s a major reason why middle and high school teachers don’t assign more writing to their students. Even an efficient high school English teacher who can read and evaluate an essay in 20 minutes would spend 3,000 minutes, or 50…

Key points: Superintendent Carvalho’s vision for his district includes innovative, future-looking progress LAUSD launches revolutionary AI tool Redesigning the educational model after COVID For more news on district management, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub Alberto Carvalho leads the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)–the nation’s second-largest district. Carvalho, whose strategic plan for the district aims…

Key points: Strong news literacy skills are a must-have in today’s online world Turning media literacy into civic engagement Is it fake? How to teach with news and media sources For more news on media literacy, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub News literacy skills are of paramount importance in today’s world, and are especially key…

Two years after Universal ESA funding was introduced in Arizona, Phoenix has one of the most interesting and diverse portfolios of microschools in the country. They include district, charter, private schools, and homeschool cooperatives and are located in public schools, on college campuses, in storefronts, and in homes. They are all highly personalized and offer…

5 Simple Teacher Moves With Big-Time Payoffs is the headline of one of my latest Education Week columns. Giving students time to reflect is like clicking save. If teachers don’t do it, students lose their work and evolved understanding. Here are some excerpts:  5 Simple Teacher Moves With Big-Time Payoffs is the headline of one…