Year-round schooling offers an innovative solution to summer learning loss by restructuring the academic calendar with shorter breaks, promoting consistent knowledge retention and balanced family life.
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When the Guardians Become the Concern: Addressing Unfit School Board Members
When school board members with a history of child abuse emerge, “school board, child abuse history, community response” becomes a pressing issue. Learn how communities can act effectively.
Reimagining Learning Rhythms: How Year-Round Schooling Enhances Knowledge Retention
This article explores the benefits of year-round schooling on K12 students’ knowledge retention, addressing the limitations of traditional long summer breaks and proposing a balanced “one week on, one week off” model to reduce learning loss.
Rebuilding Hope: Developing Science and Social Studies Curricula for Gaza Schools
This article explores the urgent need to rebuild Gaza’s education system, focusing on the development of science and social studies curricula. It discusses challenges and strategies to create inclusive and regionally adapted programs for long-term growth and peace.
Unveiling Classroom Myths: How K12 Social Studies Misrepresents Class Mobility
This article explores how K12 social studies courses often misrepresent class systems and social mobility, potentially misleading students. It calls for balanced teaching and critical thinking development.
Building Bridges for Educational Research: Connecting with K12 School Counselors
Graduate students often face challenges in identifying school counselors for interviews in their academic research. This article explores structural barriers and offers actionable strategies to effectively connect with K12 education professionals.
When Classrooms Become Class Cages: Misconceptions and Truths About Social Mobility in K-12 Education
This article explores a controversial sixth-grade social studies textbook describing class systems as “strictly unchangeable,” analyzing its potential impact on students’ worldview. It highlights the need for K-12 education to balance social inequality realities with promoting change and critical thinking.
Digital Guardians: Impact of Age Verification Laws on VPN Use and Network Safety in Education
As age verification laws tighten in the UK, the use of VPNs raises concerns about compliance and safety. This article explores how K12 education can incorporate network security and age-appropriate content education to address these challenges.
Rebuilding Hope: Designing Science and Social Studies Curricula for Gaza Schools
This article explores the urgent need to rebuild Gaza’s education system post-conflict, focusing on creating inclusive and practical science and social studies curricula that promote peace, understanding, and development.
Rebuilding Hope: Designing Science and Social Studies Curricula for Gaza Schools
This article explores the challenges of creating science and social studies curricula for new schools in Gaza. With a focus on post-conflict education, it provides adaptable frameworks to promote peace and critical thinking.
