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In the Elements of Success, the members of the Learning First Alliance present an integrated, profession-wide view that educating the total child includes social-emotional learning (SEL). The challenge is, how to integrate the SEL into an already full program? It’s important to note that a wide range of educators support...

In Elements of Success, a wide range of educators agree that social-emotional learning (SEL) strategies should be integrated into any curriculum to educate the total child. The challenge is, how to integrate SEL into an already full school day. The members of the Learning First Alliance support having the teachers...

The middle school years can be among the toughest for teachers, administrators, and students themselves. In my work across the country helping school systems create professional learning opportunities that help transform teaching and learning, I’ve had the opportunity to see innovative school districts create support systems that are improving the...

With the coming of the Digital Age, companies are embracing the emerging “no-collar” workforce trend by redesigning jobs and imagining how work gets done in a hybrid human-and-machine environment as reported by Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends report. The rise of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) may require companies to...

Reflections on the passing of Mrs. Barbara Bush have shared her strength of character, her passions for literacy and her family, as well as her concern for others. I would like to add my admiration, from my perspective as a literacy advocate representing reading teachers, for her groundbreaking work to...

Last week, the Office of Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education released the 2015-16 Civil Rights Data Collection, producing two reports highlighting major findings related to school climate and safety and access to STEM courses. The findings are troubling. The data show that, for example, black students and...

By Dr. Barbara Nemko The year was 1965. Congress passed Title I for the purpose of ensuring that all children would have a fair, equal and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging State academic achievement standards and State academic assessments. In...

By Patte Barth, Director of the Center for Public Education at the National School Boards Association Educators are doing something right inside our public school buildings. While it’s not often reported, indicators of disciplinary problems have been showing steady declines in recent decades, including for such serious infractions as gang...

By Lynn M. Gangone, AACTE President & CEO This year marks the 70th anniversary of AACTE’s founding. Created in 1948 as an alliance to boost the quality of teachers being prepared for the country’s growing public school system, our association remains steadfastly focused on the democratic ideal of providing all...

By Emily Sturchio, Professional Learning Associate at NASSP In working with a number of assistant principals both as a high school teacher and as an associate for the NASSP professional learning team, I can tell you that APs are often the unsung heroes of a school. It is our nation’s...