Like evolution before it, climate change requires careful treading in curriculum

A wealth of resources are available to help educators apply scientific framing and show students how climate change may be impacting their lives and communities, regardless of politics.

By Lauren Barack • April 15, 2020

Educators can adjust online classes to fit learning styles

In a distance learning environment, careful consideration of how different students learn best is even more crucial to success as they adjust.

By Shawna De La Rosa • April 15, 2020

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Top 5 stories from K-12 Dive

K-12 Dive has gathered some a selection of our best coverage from 2024 so far as a one-stop resource on the trends to watch in the months ahead.

By K-12 Dive staff

Assigning and assessing students' challenges amid broader pandemic pressures

Uneven access to tech, pressures on parents and basic essentials require consideration of students' home lives alongside academics.

By Lauren Barack • April 15, 2020

Dual language teachers try to 'stay the course' separated from classrooms

Students are missing the normal “inputs” that support biliteracy, but experts say there are ways to amplify the second language at home.

By Linda Jacobson • April 15, 2020

Curricular Counsel: Improving cultural inclusivity in a rapidly diversifying suburban district

In the DeForest Area School District, Director of Instruction Rebecca Toetz navigates resources that don't always represent a fast-expanding population of students of color.

By Roger Riddell • April 8, 2020

New digital platform to help facilitate citizenship, SEL skills

The free digital resource contains a library of approximately 1,000 learning experiences that touch on civics, social justice, SEL and global competence.

By Lauren Barack • April 8, 2020

Survey: Female students still lack confidence in math, science

Biases and misperceptions at the K-12 level contribute to the gender gap in postsecondary STEM education and related careers, experts say.

By Shawna De La Rosa • April 8, 2020

Lessons In Leadership: Administrators’ advice for addressing 5 coronavirus challenges

The pandemic left superintendents and principals grappling with e-learning transitions, meal distribution logistics and more. Here's how they're coping.

By Roger Riddell • April 7, 2020

Remote instruction presents opportunity to empower self-directed learning skills

A former teacher and administrator encourages educators and parents now facilitating that role to allot more time for self-discovery.

By Lauren Barack • April 1, 2020

Public TV stations pitch in to deliver ed content during coronavirus shutdowns

In Los Angeles, Superintendent Austin Beutner has asked three stations to work with an instructional team to develop standards-based content that includes rigorous lesson plans.

By Shawna De La Rosa • April 1, 2020

States ease high school graduation requirements as coronavirus closures extend

More states are offering flexibilities around elective and even core credits to ensure seniors get their diplomas and move on to college despite closures.

By Naaz Modan • March 31, 2020

Ensuring e-learning equity takes time

A New Hampshire elementary teacher advises easing into remote learning as much as possible for the sake of students and educators alike.

By Lauren Barack • March 25, 2020

LAUSD authorizes $100M to close digital divide amid coronavirus closures

As the pandemic forces learning online, Verizon has entered a deal to help the district provide free wireless access to students who do not have it.

By Shawna De La Rosa • March 25, 2020

Illinois adopts arts as a weighted success indicator in ESSA accountability

Starting in the 2022-23 school year, the indicator will equal 5% of every school’s total score and consider student participation, quality of instruction and student voice in arts courses.

By Shawna De La Rosa • March 20, 2020

How peer reviews can build critical thinking, SEL

Peer-based criticism, where students critique each other, can help build skills for students and reviewers, according to a Seattle-based English teacher.

By Lauren Barack • March 18, 2020

Preteens' brains experience a growth spurt in key social areas

Curricula can take advantage by considering how to help students build healthy habits and discover passions, an expert says.

By Shawna De La Rosa • March 18, 2020

Teacher prep essential to San Diego charter network's success with deeper approach to student learning

Core to High Tech High's approach is a two-year “immersive student teaching” apprenticeship as candidates earn credentials and graduate degrees.

By Linda Jacobson • March 18, 2020

Future of Sex Education Initiative issues updated standards

Sex education is a controversial topic, especially when the question of what age it should begin comes into play.

By Shawna De La Rosa • March 13, 2020

Curricular Counsel: What makes a 'transformational' school?

Fully aware of the preponderance of buzzwords in K-12, Leicester Public Schools' Matthew X. Joseph shares an action plan to meaningfully rethink schools.

By Roger Riddell • March 11, 2020

From suffragists to sports, Women's History Month offers lessons in civics, social impact and beyond

Efforts to have local figures recognized in public spaces are among ways to broaden students' perspectives of important women in history, experts say.

By Lauren Barack • March 11, 2020

Active learning methods can help engage even the most difficult students

Educators can adapt teaching styles and examine their biases to better engage all students.

By Lauren Barack • March 11, 2020

Educators find applications for coronavirus across curriculum

Novel coronavirus gives teachers plenty of lesson-planning fodder for science classes, but it's also relevant to social studies, math and more.

By Shawna De La Rosa • March 11, 2020

4 steps for a successful instructional reboot

Two Ohio middle school teachers share lessons from using an online reading platform to support a complete reading curriculum overhaul.

By ​Polly Walters and Chris Kuenning • March 5, 2020

Using storytelling to teach critical thinking to students

Scaffolding literature so students explore thematic components can improve engagement and open connections to other academic areas, experts say.

By Lauren Barack • March 4, 2020

Project-based learning opportunities are in genealogy's DNA

The subject can engage students in personally relevant material while honing research and organizational skills, as one Massachusetts teacher has found.

By Shawna De La Rosa • March 4, 2020