Nov 26 Thanksgiving lessons jettison Pilgrim hats, welcome truth By Collin Binkley, Associated Press More U.S. schools are rethinking traditional Thanksgiving lessons that focus on the English settlers but teach little about Native Americans. Continue reading
Nov 25 How deteriorating schools fuel the inequality crisis amid COVID-19 By Meredith Kolodner and Bracey Harris, Neal Morton, The Hechinger Report The rampant spread of the coronavirus has exposed a crisis of crumbling and dilapidated school buildings brought on by decades of underfunding and neglect. Continue reading
Oct 12 D.C. charters lead the way on in-school teaching experiment By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press A dozen charter schools have essentially chosen to become medical-educational experiments, offering in-person instruction for select groups of students. Continue reading
Sep 14 Italy’s initial virus hotspot back to school after 7 months By Associated Press Schools throughout the country struggled to identify new classroom spaces, for instance in church oratory buildings, and construct outside learning spaces. Continue reading
Aug 30 Watch 5:35 Making virtual learning work for you: Tips from Khan Academy founder Sal Khan By PBS NewsHour While virtual learning is not expected to be a long-term substitute for in-person learning, there are various creative ways in which educators can innovate and experiment to improve the experience. Sal Khan, Founder and CEO of Khan Academy, an education… Continue watching
Aug 30 COVID-19 & The Classroom: Parents share their struggles and plans as schools reopen By PBS NewsHour Weekend Even as schools strategize reopening, parents don’t know what the upcoming school year might look like. Some are struggling with balancing work with parenting while others are trying to cope with schools shifting from a hybrid structure to remote learning. Continue reading
Aug 29 Watch 6:00 Can we fix the inequities exacerbated by remote learning? By PBS NewsHour When schools across the nation shifted to remote learning at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the change exacerbated several inequities between students including class, race, access to technology, and learning abilities, indicating which students may or may not succeed. Continue watching
Aug 27 How some educators are teaching antiracism to the youngest students By Aaricka Washington, The Hechinger Report Education leaders have started to reckon with how to comprehensively teach history and antiracism. With young kids, the challenge is finding ways to tackle those topics in substantive yet age-appropriate ways. Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch 5:53 News Wrap: Tropical Storm Isaias pummels East Coast In our news wrap Tuesday, Tropical Storm Isaias sped up the East Coast of the U.S., leaving a trail of damage. The storm was downgraded after coming ashore as a hurricane in North Carolina but spun off a deadly tornado… Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch 7:06 A California collective makes the case for outdoor schooling By Christopher Booker As school districts across the country are trying to determine how or if they can open their doors in the fall, a California coalition has come together - offering districts everything from curriculum to architecture advice to take their classrooms… Continue watching