September 2024 Archives - Page 3 of 3

Talking back to the failing-schools narrative

Aug 26, 2024 | Feature Article

Media coverage shapes perceptions of public schools by pushing a message of crisis. A more nuanced conversation can help.

Education and the election

Aug 26, 2024 | Poll Points

Poll Points question: How important is the issue of public education in your vote for president?

Public opinion and the teaching profession

Aug 26, 2024 | Feature Article

The public’s view of education influences teachers’ working conditions, pay, and the pipeline of new educators. Change requires taking control of the narrative.

PDK Poll: Federal focus on education initiatives wins broad public support

Aug 26, 2024 | Feature Article

Preparing students to enter the workforce and attracting and retaining good teachers are Americans’ top educational priorities for the next administration in Washington, regardless of who wins the presidential election, the 2024 PDK Poll finds.

Lessons from the early literacy tutoring landscape

Aug 26, 2024 | Feature Article

Research reveals the most effective ways to help young struggling readers through tutoring.

Creating a space for regulation and reflection

Aug 26, 2024 | Feature Article

School-based restoration rooms can help ease stress and lessen the impact of trauma for students and teachers.

Sticker politics

Aug 26, 2024 | First Person

A student teacher wonders about the wisdom of using stickers/rewards for classroom management.

Simplify schooling: Respect the brain’s information organizers

Aug 26, 2024 | Backtalk

What drives good schooling isn’t competition but the human need to understand, to know, to satisfy curiosity, to build better, to solve problems, to create, and to feel like part of something.

Connecting over cursive

Aug 26, 2024 | Editor's Note

Kappan editor-in-chief Teresa Preston writes about the highlights of the September 2024 issue.

Pandemic recovery will depend on political rediscovery

Aug 26, 2024 | Policy Solutions

Polarizing views on controversial issues are at the center of the conversation about education and the election in 2024.

Title IX and the SCOTUS power grab

Aug 26, 2024 | Under The Law

The 2024 Title IX regulations offer a test case for how the federal judiciary might wade into politically charged areas and alter the regulatory landscape.