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Middle and high school teachers can boost engagement in social studies with project-based learning units for National History Day (NHD). Despite the name, NHD is much more than a day. It involves an extended project that challenges students to be curious, think critically, and communicate effectively.

New Jersey will require school districts to offer free menstrual products for grades six through 12 under a new law Gov. Phil Murphy signed Wednesday.

Three Gen Z advocates on how the pandemic-era trend continues to grow, pointing to the need for colleges to rethink their outreach strategies.

For decades, a nonprofit group called The Moth has produced workshops, events and a popular radio show where people tell transformative stories from their lives. And in 2012, the group started working with high schools, coaching students to turn their stories into polished orations.

This year the nonprofit has started sharing those student stories in a new spin-off podcast, called Grown(opens in a new window).

Puerto Rico has seen a string of natural disasters in the past few years – hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, and landslides. When COVID-19 hit in 2020, things got even worse.

These disasters have taken a heavy toll on student mental health. They’ve disrupted everyday life and seriously impacted schools and learning for kids and teens on the island. Listen in as NPR’s “Consider This” reports on Puerto Rico’s concerning educational landscape.

Over the past three years, American interest in home schooling has soared. In this series, The Washington Post will explore how that rise is transforming the nation’s educational landscape and the lives of hundreds of thousands of children who now learn at home rather than at a traditional school.

Students at innovative high schools offer advice on how educators can make learning more engaging and relatable.

To most adults, middle school behavior is an enigma. We’re often left scratching our heads at why one sideways glance from a peer or 70% on a math test can derail a student’s whole day. Parents and teachers might be tempted to conclude they’re being overdramatic.

Fagell offers insight into why middle school students seem so quick to fall apart and how parents and educators can equip them with the skills to face their challenges. (Spoiler alert: It doesn’t involve telling them to “get over it.”) 

The beloved writer of ‘Because of Winn-Dixie’ and ‘The Tale of Despereaux’ will release her new book in spring of 2024.

Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Jordannah Elizabeth. Her book for middle school readers, “A Child’s Introduction to Hip-Hop: The Beats, Rhymes and Roots of a Musical Revolution,” takes readers on a journey through 50 years of music history. The book has illustrations by Markia Jenai.

Earlier this week, author John Green posted his thoughts on Hamilton East Public Library’s reshelving policy that resulted in “The Fault in Our Stars” being moved to the adult collection. But he wasn’t done.

Teachers can take steps to make sure that tests only measure students’ content knowledge rather than their reading comprehension.

To create interdisciplinary connections and help high school students prepare for the future, English teachers can incorporate thought-provoking STEM texts.

From the organization known for second-hand records and cookware comes a school devoted to personalized attention and ‘small wins.’

Grace’s student podcast entry, which explores her complicated relationship with budae jjigae and her own body, is the winner of the Best Mental Health Podcast Prize in this year’s Student Podcast Challenge. Her podcast is called Discomfort Food.

A new report from UNESCO, the education arm of the United Nations, raises questions about the practice. Though smartphones can be used for educational purposes, the report says the devices also disrupt classroom learning, expose students to cyberbullying and can compromise students’ privacy. As school leaders in the U.S. wrestle with whether or not to ban smartphones, The Conversation has invited four scholars to weigh in on the issue.

Linking lessons to what students find meaningful may require additional work to find out what sparks excitement and engagement, one educator says.

Florida Education Commissioner Manny Díaz Jr. said in a letter sent late Wednesday that high schools may teach Advanced Placement Psychology without running afoul of Florida law — including material on sexual orientation and gender identity. Amid confusion, many large districts had said they would stop offering the longtime course.

While New York City’s elementary schools undertake a sweeping shift in their approach to teaching reading, a parallel change is quietly unfolding at many high schools.

Whether a fan of paranormal mysteries or someone looking for a heartrending novel in verse, these eclectic reads offer something for everyone.

Duval County schools should open next month with something that was hard to find last school year: books. But when kids want books that schools don’t allow, there’s a place for them to look now, too.

Boston Public Schools anticipates an additional 2,000 students to enroll in summer learning programs this year compared with last year, thanks in part to the expansion of a program that combines enrichment activities with coordinating classroom lessons.

For many kids, getting to spend time with cousins brings the benefit of having friends during family gatherings. Cousins can also help children understand themselves and their extended families. Hand these 11 books to kids, tweens, and teens proudly sporting their “Cousin Crew” t-shirts this summer and throughout the year.

The number of high schoolers taking college classes has been surging for more than two decades. In what is called dual enrollment, students simultaneously earn high school and college credits from a single class. These advanced college-level courses are no longer just for gifted students who have exhausted the high school course catalog. Now they’re a tool to encourage more Americans to enroll in college by giving them an early taste of post-secondary education and a head start with a few credits.

Encouraging Latinx adolescents of Mexican origin to embrace their ethnic pride, cultural values, and connections to their cultural community contributes to positive development and better adjustment during adolescence, a new University of California, Davis, psychology study suggests.

Enrollment and test data can tell school leaders at all levels who participates, how they fare and which programs must cast a wider net.

Educators are calling on the K-12 system to prioritize college-going efforts for marginalized students. Here’s how they can begin navigating changes.

“We prepare our children to be academically smart. We teach them algebra, trigonometry, history and English, and all of those things [so] that they can be prepared to get a job. But we don’t teach them how to be emotionally intelligent — the things that’s needed to keep a job.” -NYC Mayor, Eric Adams

Education officials and activists are concerned about an increase in the number of American students who are absent for many days during the school year. Unless school leaders draw upon the knowledge of their students and families, they are unlikely to create effective solutions.

Their secret, they say: Remember that education at home is just as, if not more, important than education in the classroom.

There are plenty of stories about girls who fall in love with monsters, but what about monster girls themselves? Perhaps not surprisingly, YA fiction is also a great place to find girls who are monstrous in one way or another. 

Is your middle school student switching off this summer? Experts say the benefits to keeping that brain engaged are huge and the activities needn’t be academic. Some ideas for trying something new.

Large school systems including Denver, Philadelphia and Anchorage, Alaska, have been looking into later start times.

Share of young people seeking higher education slips since pandemic began.

Textbooks can be used in both physical and digital formats, and the latter may allow teachers to pull details or sections they want to use, embed them into lessons, and bring some flexibility to their teaching.

Researchers find that math students learn best through individual practice while English students thrive in groups.

The U.S. Departments of Justice and Education are putting public schools on notice that immigrant children and youth are entitled to a free public education, regardless of their immigration status.

Inviting students to bring important adults to middle school can facilitate engagement, connection, and learning.

Elementary through high school students are eager for nonfiction. Here’s how to find the books they’ll want to read.

L.A.’s celebrity-backed Roybal Film and Television Production Magnet program seeks to link minority students to behind-the-scenes jobs in TV and film.

Math and reading scores among America’s 13-year-olds fell to their lowest levels in decades, with math scores plunging by the largest margin ever recorded.

This year, we received more than 3,300 entries, from 48 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. It’s a big jump over last year, and the most entries we’ve gotten since we began the contest began back in 2019!

Parents, scientists and the surgeon general are worried. But there isn’t even a shared definition of what social media is.

The point is not whether one can get a book that’s been prohibited in a school; it’s about whether someone’s ready access to ideas has been denied or diminished in a public institution and why.

Adolescents can overcome circadian phase delay and boost their sleep duration with an earlier bedtime, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

The switch from algebra to statistics was a big factor in the CUNY experiment’s success.

Sociologist Peter Francis Harvey embedded with students at private upper-middle-class, public working-class schools to explore implicit lessons

The claim-evidence-reasoning method promotes critical thinking by giving students a framework for solving multistep problems.

Given the current political climate in the U.S., there is no reason to assume more laws that govern what can be taught in public schools will not be passed. But based on how the laws are being written, there are still plenty of ways for teachers to tackle difficult subjects, such as racism in American society.

At Kansas’s Blue Valley CAPS, high-schoolers spend 3 hours a day dipping their toes in adult professions — real life, but with ‘bubble wrap,’ one says.

These authors are consistent top picks of middle school students and may help inspire a lasting love of reading.

It was just weeks ago that Marlin High School in Texas abruptly postponed its graduation ceremony, saying only a handful of its seniors had met requirements to get their diploma. In an update, school officials say that because of the seniors’ hard work, all of them will graduate later this month.

Some folks devour books by the dozen, while others rarely crack one open. It turns out, though, that the avid readers might have a real edge. Learn the unexpected benefits of reading, and check out our own collections of favorites to add to your own must-read list.

Despite decades of research, there’s no clear answer on whether grade retention in early grades is a good idea. Existing data is open to competing interpretations, and big questions about the policy remain unanswered.

Yes, we do know how to help students succeed in school. Too many schools just don’t do it. This post looks more broadly at four important lessons on how schools can help students succeed that are explained in the book “Schools of Opportunity: 10 Research-Based Models of Equity in Action.”

The new official will work under the department’s Office for Civil Rights and provide training on how book bans may violate federal civil rights laws.

Laws under consideration in New York and elsewhere aim to highlight the contributions of LGBT people

An independent school uses art and movement to set students with learning differences up for success.

Finding dystopian books for middle school readers can be tricky because some of the novels descend into extremely dark territory that some readers can handle, but might be too much for others. It can be a challenge to pull together the right books, but when you do, and you hook a student on a great series, it can be an amazing experience for everyone. Diving into fictional worlds that deal with bleak futures can be a great way to escape our own troubles or makes us feel a little better about the future in general.

First-of-its-kind analysis uncovers widespread use of suspensions for attendance violations in Arizona.