ASCD stands with the Asian community
Support and resources to address and dismantle racism in schools.
What the new federal education funding means for schools
Last week, President Joe Biden signed the largest single investment in public education in American history. The American Rescue Plan is a $1.9 trillion...
‘An Anonymous Teacher Speaks’ captures this year’s traumatic reality
One educator is collecting anonymous stories about teaching experiences during the pandemic.
How chess can change schools
Chess is having a moment. Principal Salome Thomas-EL shares why he thinks every student should learn to play the game.
Celebrate the “firsts” with students and build monuments with the “nexts”
Having one member of our community claim a seat at the table offers hope that more will secure a seat as well.
Together, we can learn to talk about race
By Terry Roberts
One of the most important challenges we face now in America is the deep, systemic problem of racism. Since the murder of...
For Black educators when school systems aren’t doing enuf
By Dena Simmons
I write these words a week after the Breonna
Taylor verdict and two days after the first presidential debate, where I
watched President Trump...
Unpacking unconscious bias in grading: readers react
One of the most-viewed articles in Educational Leadership’s September issue is an interview on anti-racist grading with Cornelius Minor, a lead staff developer with...
What is a teacher’s role in “the new normal”?
"There is no program that could have prepared any of us to teach in a pandemic."
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Project-based learning: An evidence-based way to improve social studies
Studies show project-based learning improves Social Studies scores.
Do endings matter?
“Offer that extension,” he writes. “Excuse that assignment…. Let us, by showing grace, make the memory of this stormy year just a bit more peaceful.”
