December 2024 Archives - Kappan Online

Addressing student behavior to meet everyone’s needs

Dec 2, 2024 | Feature Article

Schools too often default to removing students with behavior problems from the classroom. Alternative approaches are needed.

Do Holocaust education mandates work?

Dec 2, 2024 | Feature Article

States hope to achieve ambitious goals like preventing future genocides and reducing antisemitism by requiring that students learn about the Holocaust.

Should school board elections be partisan?

Dec 2, 2024 | Policy Solutions

School board politics could benefit from being a more vibrant space, but we should be careful with empowering political parties.

The (mis)education of Indigenous students

Dec 2, 2024 | Under The Law

Indigenous students in the U.S have faced a history of serious educational mistreatment and still experience formidable challenges.

Finding the sweet spot between curriculum fidelity and teacher agency

Dec 2, 2024 | Backtalk

Educational research rarely speaks in a single voice. One area where we see this play out is in...

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Why be an educator?

Dec 2, 2024 | PDK Connection

PDK and Educators Rising leaders share why they decided to become an educator.

Beyond the math wars: Focus on teachers to improve instruction

Dec 2, 2024 | Feature Article

To achieve in math, students need teachers equipped with the knowledge, skills, and mindsets to do and teach math well.

Public engagement in public schools

Dec 2, 2024 | Poll Points

The myth(s) of a ‘balanced’ approach

Dec 2, 2024 | Feature Article

Is a balance of different types of mathematics instruction actually possible? And does the debate ignore more important questions about the purposes of school mathematics?