Instruction & Curriculum

A coalition of civil rights organizations and the nation’s largest teachers union has filed suit against the U.S. Department of Education, arguing that the agency unlawfully canceled millions of dollars in grants used to train teachers who serve English-learner students. The Southern Poverty Law Center, the Lawyers’ Committee for Rhode Island, and the National Education […]

Jessica Holloway’s journey in education began long before she became an instructional coach. Her first job, coaching tumbling and cheerleading, planted the seeds of her lifelong commitment to helping others grow. “Teaching felt like a natural transition from coaching,” Holloway explains. “The goal is similar: know where someone is starting and support them in reaching […]

Maryland’s four largest school systems now require teachers and other staff to help young children with toileting, a duty that has accompanied the state’s rapid expansion of publicly funded pre-kindergarten and that, according to education experts, makes Maryland the only state to assign the task directly to teachers rather than aides or nurses. The shift […]

House Republicans advanced two pieces of legislation this week that critics say would dramatically restrict what students can learn in federally funded schools, targeting references to transgender people, discussions of structural racism, and the use of chosen names and pronouns for trans students. The CHARLIE Act Clears Committee On Tuesday, the Republican-controlled House Committee on […]

It was Rob Murphy’s daughter I met first.  She was a student at Free Union School, where I was filling in for the final three months of the 1997/1998 school year.  Without knowing who I was other than this guy who had suddenly begun appearing each day on campus in March, she’d greet me every […]

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten delivered a sweeping address at the National Press Club, outlining a 10-point plan to limit student screen time and student-facing artificial intelligence in schools, arguing that the rapid expansion of classroom technology has caused measurable harm to children’s learning, attention, and well-being. The speech, titled “Devices Down, Eyes […]