In school, many kindergarten and first-grade students are asked to memorize lists of common words, which are sometimes called “sight words.” This practice skips important steps.
First came headlines about AI-driven cheating. Next emerged a flood of time-saving tools for teachers. Attend any education event today, and one phrase will echo in the halls: artificial…
I believe that the low supply of STEM professionals can be attributed to significant barriers to entry originating in educational settings--this is to no fault of teachers and…
As the new school year kicks off, superintendents across the nation are evaluating resources needed for the year ahead to ensure that everyone has what they need to…
During my time as a kindergarten teacher, I learned three major lessons about our youngest learners’ relationship to science. Specifically, I learned that elementary school students are predisposed…
Ensuring that children are developmentally ready for school on day one of kindergarten is critical. The better prepared children are for kindergarten, the more successful they are likely…
As recently as a decade or two ago, technology education consisted of typing, learning to draft emails, or doing a little work in a spreadsheet. Learning those skills…
Our school is one of just 12 “Science of Reading Spotlight Schools” in Alabama this year, but getting here wasn’t easy. Rewind the clock back to the fall…
Grade retention is ineffective and expensive, but 17 states and Washington, D.C. mandate it (and at least 12 more states allow it) for students who are not reading…
Literacy is a fundamental element of a child’s development. Literacy means much more than just knowing how to read a book. It can also impact the ability for…
With recent research showcasing the growing number of STEM-related jobs that will be available to our graduates in Indiana in the coming years, teaching computer science skills has…
NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., April 3, 2022—The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) recently named Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready Assessment to its approved ... Read more
The role of elementary teachers has never been more important, especially as kindergarten through fifth grade students today are facing more change than ever before--from the effects of…
San Francisco, CA, 23nd February 2022: The popular game-based learning program SplashLearn, today announced the 8th edition of its massively ... Read more
If nothing else, the past two years have shown us that teaching, learning, and education can take different forms--and the pandemic may have altered how students, from kindergarten through…
As students across the country began heading back to classrooms, a couple hundred library leaders participated in one of this summer’s Future Ready Library Summits. The guiding principle…
Mission Move’s standards-based video program utilizes kinesthetic movement to make math, language arts, and nutrition fun for elementary-aged students. New ... Read more
Hand2mind, a family-owned educational resource company, is delivering custom solutions to help solve the complex challenges faced by the Los ... Read more
The Character Tree, an online resource that teaches character development though engaging videos and downloadable activities, has expanded to offer ... Read more
Klassroom, the Paris-based company that reinvents parent-teacher communication in pre-kindergarten and all elementary school grades, just raised a $3 million ... Read more
The digital divide is proving one of the most pervasive and stubborn challenges in U.S. education, and its effects can follow students from kindergarten through college. As if…
Murrieta Valley Unified School District educates 23,400 students from transitional kindergarten through high school at 20 campuses. MVUSD executed a ... Read more