Teamwork for what?
“Social-emotional skills’ such as teamwork, collaboration and communications are fashionable these days, writes Diana Senechal. She thinks students need to learn “a different way of being with others,...
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Has teaching self-control gone wild? Daniel Willingham responds to Elizabeth Weil’s New Republic cover story, American Schools Are Failing Nonconformist Kids: In Defense of the Wild Child. Weil uses...
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We need hard data on soft skills
California’s nine CORE districts, which include Los Angeles, San Francisco and Oakland, are researching the link between students’ social and emotional skills, such as perseverance, confidence and...
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Help ‘first teachers’ do better
Parents are children’s first teachers, says everyone. But engaging low-income, poorly educated parents in their children’s learning has proven to be difficult, writes Bellwether’s Sara Mead. We don’t...
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Principal raises class size, adds counselors
School 27 is one of the Indianapolis schools given autonomy in a pilot program. Photo: Alan Petersime/Chalkbeat Given power over her school budget by Indianapolis Public Schools, Principal Tihesha...
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Glitter jars, bean bags and progress
Second-graders urge each other to walk peacefully and quietly in the halls. Photo: Maddie McGarvey/Atlantic At a Columbus, Ohio school in a high-poverty neighborhood, teachers use different strategies...
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Tech that monitor kids’ feelings: Creepy or … ?
Using technology to monitor students’ feelings is sparking privacy concerns, reports Benjamin Herold on Education Week. No kidding. All school year, Kaylee Carrell has been watching online math videos...
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