When teaching children how to write, we must also explain why to write
Research suggests that teachers are underprepared to teach writing, particularly digital writing for broad audiences using tools to combine text, images, audio, and video.
Navigating Social and Emotional Learning from the Inside Out
The SEL guide is a practical resource that provides profiles of each program, including the specific skills it targets and instructional methods it uses.
As schools hire teachers and counselors, a funding cliff looms
Schools nationwide are using federal coronavirus relief funding to add teachers, counselors, and social workers. As many schools move ahead with hiring, the funding cliff looms.
Continuous Improvement in Education: A Toolkit for Schools and Districts
This toolkit is designed to help school- and district-based practitioners engage in a continuous improvement effort. It provides an overview of continuous improvement and focuses on the Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle.
Education in the Rearview Mirror: How Navajo Students Overcame COVID-19 School Year
Internet dead zones and 'thick' homework packets took an emotional toll on Navajo students during COVID-19 school year. They didn't give up!
Effectiveness of Early Literacy Instruction—Summary of 20 Years of Research
A new REL Southeast study reviews 20 years of research on early literacy interventions aimed at improving language, phonological awareness, print knowledge, decoding, and early writing skills for preschool students.
K–12 Cybersecurity Learning Standards
The K–12 Cybersecurity Learning Standards, designed with usability in mind, are available for wholesale adoption by districts and educators to incorporate into existing curricula opportunities or course standards.
More States Introduce Content on Native American History and Culture
North Dakota, the latest state to expand their curriculum, passed a law earlier this year that requires schools to teach Native American history, starting with the upcoming school year.
Mapping Federal K-12 COVID Relief Funds
The Return to Learn Tracker (R2L) examines which schools are offering fully in-person, hybrid, and fully remote instruction and analyzes instructional status across various district and county demographics.