Instruction & Curriculum

According to a federal judge, the Department of Education was unlawful in using partisan messaging on out-of-office automatic replies during the recent government shutdown. On Friday, November 8, Judge Christopher R. Cooper of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia found that the Department of Education “infringed upon its employees’ First Amendment rights” […]

We’ve all joked about being hangry. We say it when we snap at someone before lunch or feel our brains fog mid-afternoon.We know hunger makes us short-tempered, distracted — a little less human. Now imagine being seven years old and living in that feeling all the time. As lawmakers debate another round of SNAP cuts […]

Parademic  Paraprofessionals: Because teachers need heroes too!  Paraprofessional: Because miracle-worker isn’t a job title!  Quotes praising the hard-working paras in the education world are endless. Many educators and administrators agree that their schools simply could not operate without the dedication of their support staff. It’s no wonder! The roles of paraeducators have evolved right along […]

On September 22, 2025, during a White House press conference with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump, they stated that the use of Tylenol (acetaminophen) during pregnancy may be linked to autism, despite any evidence supporting this claim. Asking for help has always been stimagtizing for learners. When a learner needs additional support, we’ve put them […]

The Cum Laude Society holds members to high expectations for character. These expectations are embodied in the motto of the Cum Laude Society: arete, dike, time: excellence, justice, honor. That’s a nice motto, but for the world we inhabit today, it strikes me as incomplete. We need to add a fourth concept: empatheia. Empathy.  Empathy […]

In the current landscape of education, schools are increasingly challenged by the growing number of students requiring specialized services due to various needs, including learning disabilities, emotional trauma, and behavioral issues. According to a report by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), approximately 14% of all public school students receive special education services under […]

This story was originally published by EdSource. Sign up for their daily newsletter.” Gov. Gavin Newsom’s approval of Assembly Bill 1454 on Thursday marks the culmination of a five-year campaign to change how California children are taught to read. But education advocates say there is still much the state needs to do to ensure the state literacy plan is […]

When we, as educators, think about the devastating impact of misinformation, we think about our students–the conversations that we overhear in hallways, classrooms, and the cafeteria, parroting back sound bites of information and descriptions of videos that they have seen on social media platforms like Tiktok. In 2024, Pew Research analyzed teens, social media, and […]