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How Principals Can Foster a Positive School Culture
A principal who focuses on being visible to students and honoring teachers’ work to support everyone in the building explains how she does it all.
Principal empowers students and teachers to fix mistakes without shame
Zadia Gadsden, who leads Takoma Park Elementary School in Takoma Park, Md., is The Washington Post’s 2024 Principal of the Year.
Despite California's Investments in Public Preschool, Child Care Challenges Continue
Investments that California and other states have made in public preschool have helped many parents through a child care crisis, in which quality options for early learners are often scarce and unaffordable. But many parents say the programs don’t work for their families. Even when Pre–K lasts the whole school day, working parents struggle to find child care before 9 a.m. and after 3 p.m.
How My Voice As an Asian American Teacher Goes Unheard — and Why I Can’t Speak Up
Michael Ida (he/him) is a mathematics and computer science teacher at Kalani High School in Honolulu, Hawaii. In this piece, he writes, "While many might find it incomprehensible that a small group discussion between teachers evokes anything other than fun, fellowship and camaraderie, I find these spaces to be extremely isolating when I am the only Asian educator."
This Principal Knew PD Was Irrelevant. So He and His Teachers Changed It
What will professional development for educators look like in 10 years? Will it continue to be a top-down, one-size-fits-all annual training that all teachers must attend, or will PD turn into something that teachers have always demanded it be — useful and relevant?
How to Authentically Use PBL Products
Knowing their work will be shown to a public audience is a powerful and positive motivation for students to produce great work.
29 YA Novels for AAPI Heritage Month and Beyond
From fantasy and dystopian to horror and thrillers, these 29 novels featuring AAPI characters are good picks for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and throughout the year.
2024 Books from Pura Belpré Winners
This rich compilation shares 2024 books from previous Pura Belpré author and illustrator medal and honor winners. The Pura Belpré Award , established in 1996, is presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.
28 Ways to Quickly Check for Understanding
Quick learning "pulse checks" during and after lessons can be a powerful way to "improve and enhance student learning," says veteran teacher and author Jay McTighe. Designed to assess students' understanding of concepts or their ability to apply new skills, formative assessments can also inform next instructional steps.
Birdie’s Bookmobile spreads joy of reading to Detroit children
Inside classroom 148, a gleeful Alyce Hartman was telling the tale of three musicians: a squirrel cradling a guitar, a grizzly bear plucking a bass, and a chicken strumming a banjo. Storytime with students is among the hallmarks of Birdie’s Bookmobile, a pop-up literacy initiative launched in 2022 by Hartman.