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This month, cultivate everyday courage and lasting resilience with daily tips from Greater Good Science Center. greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/y…

A Supreme Court ruling ending or narrowing birthright citizenship could change the education landscape. kqed.org/mindshift/6623…

The process moves students from initial curiosity to deep reflection, allowing both procedural skills and mathematical discourse. @middleweb Creating a Classroom of Young Problem Solvers middleweb.com/53257/creating…

Mathematical understanding should be a goal for every student and something they feel capable of achieving. Translating that belief into classroom practice remains a central challenge. gse.harvard.edu/ideas/usable-k…

"New pedagogical approaches are more likely to be adopted by teachers when they are given regular guidance and support throughout the school year." @edutopia edutopia.org/article/innova…

Hope is tangible and can be taught. This isn’t the type of hope that we use to define blanket optimism in everyday life; this type of hope is a cognitive skill. kqed.org/mindshift/6599…

Evolving age requirements for kindergarten entry, tougher district restrictions around redshirting, and costs of childcare could be preventing the practice. @educationweek edweek.org/teaching-learn…

"Extrinsic motivation gets a bad rap, but middle and high school teachers can use it judiciously early in an activity to encourage students to get started." @edutopia Why Your Students Need (Some) Extrinsic Motivation edutopia.org/article/how-us…

After years of rapid edtech expansion, districts arenow engaged in a quieter phase: reassessing what stays, what goes and how to decide. @EdSurge edsurge.com/news/2026-04-0…

Experts and advocates disagree about the relative importance of background knowledge, comprehension strategies and vocabulary and how much time to spend on them. kqed.org/mindshift/6619…

In conversations around literacy, writing instruction is almost never mentioned, even though reading and writing are so deeply intertwined. @cultofpedagogy cultofpedagogy.com/quick-writing-…

"The real problem is that AI arrived faster than most schools and districts could respond to it. Many educators are trying to figure this out on their own." @Catlin_Tucker Deep Work in the Age of AI: The Case for Protecting Teacher Thinking catlintucker.com/2026/03/deep-w…

"Multilingual learners can benefit from instruction that combines science and social studies learning while simultaneously developing language and literacy." gse.harvard.edu/ideas/usable-k…

Federal education research — the system that tracks student learning and evaluates what works — has been battered by mass firings, contract cuts and cancellations, and stalled grant funding. kqed.org/mindshift/6622…

Educators can set the stage for students to recognize differences, appreciate them, and not fear them or see them in a negative way. @GreaterGoodSC How to Help Students Explore the Meanings of “Different” greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/h…

LAUSD's art and artifacts can be found in schools and district buildings across a 700-square-mile terrain. @EdSource Inside Los Angeles Unified’s hidden world of art, archives and artifacts edsource.org/2026/lausd-art…

"Engaging students in analyzing court cases builds their ability to make decisions, collaborate with peers, address challenges, and solve problems." @edutopia Using Supreme Court Cases in Middle School Social Studies edutopia.org/article/teachi…

The "alignment step" in AI chatbots favors safe, consensus-based responses and penalizes risky, unconventional ones. Originality gets stripped away. @hechingerreport The AI ‘Hivemind’: Why So Many Student Essays Sound Alike kqed.org/mindshift/6621…

A town in Ireland launched an initiative to loosen the grip of technology on their younger kids by adopting a voluntary “no smart devices” code and supporting it with workshops and social events. A Phone-Free Childhood? One Irish Village Is Making It Happen. nytimes.com/2026/03/25/rea…

"Regularly working with manipulatives can help boost second graders’ fluency and confidence in fundamental skills." @edutopia Routines That Support Math Fact Fluency edutopia.org/article/daily-…