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Minnesota Department of Education approves toolkit to help transgender students
Supporters cheered the draft kit to be sent to schools, while opponents predicted legal challenge.
How to Encourage Transgender Students to Pursue STEM Careers
Engage transgender students in STEM classes with awareness of pronouns, inclusivity, kindness, and representation, among other practices.
Innovative Practices are Connecting Youth with Education
Education is an important part of a child’s success. Good education connects young people with the tools they need to be empowered…
Why K-12 Arts Education Is Worth Saving
Students who are exposed to arts education show promise in other academic areas and show behavioral benefits too. So why aren't all educators doing more to save these programs in K-12 schools?
4 Examples of Personalized Learning in K-12 Education
How teachers are finding new ways to meet each individual student’s needs, skills, and interests.
How Can Education Foster Imagination and Creativity?
Insights about how to cultivate imagination from an all-star cast of educators
Signposts: How Should You Talk to Your Children About Transgender Issues?
With the Department of Education’s recent decree on transgender restrooms and public schools, many families are wondering how they are going to help their children…
Want Your Kids to Get a Good Education? Support Their Teachers’ Workplace Rights
A new lawsuit pits teachers’ rights against students’ access to quality education. That argument doesn’t hold water.
Nietzsche on How to Find Yourself and the True Value of Education
“No one can build you the bridge on which you, and only you, must cross the river of life.”
Why outdoor education for kids matters
Kids spend less time outside than ever — but some innovative educators want to change that.
How Ice Cube helped launch my education
Listening to Ice Cube sparked my interest in Black activists and issues, which my mentor then deepened and guided
Why Spatial Reasoning Is Crucial For Early Math Education
Activities focused on spatial reasoning skills like mental rotation and visualization help create a foundation for future math and science learning, but are often neglected in classrooms.
Parent Engagement in Schools: What is Working? What Should We Try Next?
Matt Leighninger describes approaches for strengthening and sustaining family engagement in education.
How YOU Can Be an Advocate for Early Learning
Rhian Allvin, Executive Director of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, explains how YOU can raise your voice to support the early ...
College-Bound Students With Autism Learn To Navigate Campus Life
Teenagers on the spectrum are getting a dry run at college with the help of a new boarding program that aims to prepare them for the social side of higher education.
How two minutes of mindfulness can calm a class and boost attainment
Mindfulness helps students cope with academic stress and the pressures of life outside the school gates. Matthew Jenkin examines the benefits of silent reflection in education
7 Things You Don't Know About A Special Needs Parent
About 6 million kids in America receive special education , according to...
What is the Purpose of Education?
We can force children into desks and talk to them for hours every day about the things we think they need to know, but unless these lessons have value to the...
Grande: What exactly is education?
Are we preparing children to be critical thinkers or are we indoctrinating them? Are we open to discussion and debate, or do we defer all decisions to the “experts”?
Why Technology Will Never Fix Education
The real obstacle is student motivation, and no gadget can create that.
