5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (523+ words) I’m tired of having to babysit you. The word “fidelity” was listed in Education Week’s top-10 abhorrent buzzwords of 2022 and 2023. Frequent fidelity-checking can leave teachers with a variety of feelings: confusion over what is being assessed, frustration that the intended…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (750+ words) Most district leaders believe pre-K is vital to prepare students for kindergarten, their social and emotional development, and future grades. But only about a third rank pre-K as a top district priority, according to results from a nationwide survey of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (218+ words) Rick: You’ve recently proposed overhauling the regulations that govern Head Start. What’s the story? Rick: What motivated these changes? Rick: How will loosening these requirements help boost the number of kids served? Rick: As you know, critics have warned loosened…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (793+ words) Preschool is getting a lot of attention these days. Several states are pushing to increase access to publicly funded preschool, or already have. One city even plans to expand free, public preschool to 2-year-olds soon. Advocates tout its ability to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (689+ words) Intensive tutoring is supposed to be one of the most effective routes to raise student achievement. But it doesn’t always work out that way. While meta-analyses of studies on high-dosage tutoring programs find big, positive impacts on learning, it’s often…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (455+ words) Two years ago, I was walking down the hallway in my district’s lower-elementary school when I saw a student with a lanyard around their neck. “Do you work here now?” I asked, playfully.The student giggled. “No,” they replied, “I…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (589+ words) Does pre-K give kids a lasting academic boost? This question has plagued early education researchers for years, yielding widely mixed results. Some studies show decidedly positive outcomes, others find that initial benefits fade by 3rd grade, and still others show worse…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1617+ words) Head Start programs serving tens of thousands of students nationwide are facing an uncertain future as the federal government indefinitely stalls the competition process for programs seeking new assurances of long-term funding. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services usually…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (1642+ words) As a 7th grader at Hazel Wolf K-8 in Northeast Seattle, Maxwell Adams didn’t have a laptop or a cellphone at school. During science class, he sometimes looked at his classmate’s screen if he needed to see a problem in color, because…...