On Climate Change, Confused Teachers Make for Misinformed Students
Junior high and high school science instructors often impart incorrect or contradictory information.
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How American Teachers Are Miseducating Kids About Climate Change
A lot of U.S. secondary school teachers are skeptical of climate change—or wary of teaching it. The good news: Many of them are still persuadable.
How Highlighting the Best and the Brightest Can Backfire
Research finds exposing students in a massive open online course to the best of their peers' work lowers their grades and increases dropout rates.
Cautious Optimism for Our Littlest Learners
Early education is finally garnering national attention. So why are advocates still worried?
The Supreme Court Case Against Teachers’ Unions Could Have a Far-Reaching Impact
If the Supreme Court overturns Abood, will the middle class suffer?
Common Cause: The Right’s Opposition to Federal Education Reform
Opponents of the Common Core agreed that they wanted it gone, but couldn't find consensus on what came next.
What’s the State of Your State’s Early Education Program?
How different states stack up in promoting early literacy.
How Teachers Can Be Better: A Call for Cultural Knowledge in the Classroom
New federal education policy must lift the burden of "educational debt" among black students. That starts with training teachers to think outside their own cultural contexts.