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Thousands Are Debating Whether Students Should Be Allowed To Use Slang In Class After A Teacher's List Of Banned Words Went Viral
What's your take on this teacher's banned word list? Is she over-stepping and targeting Black students for using AAVE? Or is she justified for trying to enforce formal English in an academic setting?
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Heidi Stevens: 'I had every conceivable emotion.' What happened when one teacher's 8th-graders learned she never had a birthday party
I wrote a column about Teresa Strasser, whose mother spent a lifetime showing up and loving and healing from the deep, quiet ...
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What Is Standards-Based Grading, and How Does It Work?
Schools can retool to make instruction more personalized and student-centered. But grading is a common sticking point.
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‘Literacy launch’ aims to grows ranks of early readers
Kids in Massachusetts, and nationwide, are behind on reading.In her State of the Commonwealth address at the beginning of ...
This Constitution Day, let’s commit to revitalize civics education in schools
Constitution Day, celebrated on Sept. 17, is not widely recognized, despite the importance of the document in shaping our ...
Gen Z slang words banned in Florida classroom as teacher challenges students to ‘be better’
The slang-loving students of Florida science teacher Angela Santalo were left speechless after the exasperated educator banned a long list of Gen Z and Gen Alpha lingo from her classroom, including ...
Teaching civics helps to understand government — and how to change it for the better | Editorial
Civics should be taught before young people start high school and instruction should not be tainted by partisan politics.
The MTA beckons voters with false claims on Question 2
The latest MCAS results, released Tuesday, are a mixed bag. Some 78 percent of the high school class of 2026 cleared the MCAS ...
Do you know the 3 branches of U.S. government? Many don’t, leading to a push for civics education
With a recent survey showing a third of American adults can’t name the three branches of the federal government, many think ...
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The case for talking frankly about pregnancy loss, miscarriage and stillbirth
About 10 to 20% of pregnancies end in miscarriage. In “I’m Sorry for My Loss,” two journalists aim to drag the conversations ...
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Literacy Launch aims to grow ranks of early readers in Mass.
Kids in Massachusetts, and nationwide, are behind on reading.In her State of the Commonwealth address at the beginning of ...
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‘Literacy launch’ aims to grow ranks of early readers
Kids in Massachusetts, and nationwide, are behind on reading. In her State of the Commonwealth address at the beginning of ...