Jan 09 Watch 7:05 Why teachers selling lesson plans have sparked debate By Kavitha Cardoza, Education Week To earn extra money, many teachers around the country are selling lesson plans via online marketplaces. But as such sites become more popular, there are also concerns, including who legally owns the educational materials a teacher creates, and what it… Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch 12:11 Evergreen copes with fallout, months after ‘Day of Absence’ sparked national debate By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green Students and staff at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, are teasing out how to define and express issues of racism and oppression on campus almost one year after an annual event there provoked a national conversation on free speech… Continue watching
Jan 07 ‘These conversations are not comfortable’ — How colleges can address racial inequality By Corinne Segal, Ivette Feliciano Months after Evergreen State College became the center of a national debate on race and education, one woman is working to build a more inclusive culture there. Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch 7:42 What you need to know about the tax law and education By PBS News Hour The new tax law’s education-related changes include allowing parents to use up to $10,000 from their tax-free 529 college savings account to help pay for private or religious schools for any grade. Alyson Klein of Education Week and Anya Kamenetz… Continue watching
Dec 31 Spread of fake news prompts literacy efforts in schools By Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press Alarmed by the proliferation of false content online, state lawmakers around the country are pushing schools to put more emphasis on teaching students how to tell fact from fiction. Continue reading
Dec 29 Don’t assume that every student had a fun or warm holiday break By Kirsten Perry For many students and their families, the holidays can be a time of high anxiety and stress. Read these tips from the 2018 School Counselor of the Year on how teachers can help students transition back to school. Continue reading
Dec 20 Students defrauded by for-profit colleges may not get full financial relief By Maria Danilova, Associated Press Students who were defrauded by the for-profit Corinthian Colleges may not get their loans forgiven entirely, the Education Department announced Wednesday, in a reversal of the Obama administration policy of wiping out the debt. Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch 7:26 What happens to learning when students get much-needed glasses By William Brangham Good vision care is a luxury for families who can’t easily afford the time or money spent getting a child’s first pair of glasses. But a new program called Vision for Baltimore called provides eye exams and two pairs of… Continue watching
Dec 15 Teens don’t always know what they’re vaping, study says By Michael Rios The study, called Monitoring the Future, was released Thursday by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the University of Michigan. It surveyed more than 43,000 eighth, 10th and 12th graders across the country in early 2017 about their… Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 5:30 To this Sandy Hook mom, ‘every day we waste, more people are dying’ By Lisa Stark, Education Week For many parents of children at Sandy Hook Elementary, gun violence and how to prevent it was barely on their radar. Now, five years after 20 children lost their lives, parents are finding ways to cope through education. Special correspondent… Continue watching