Why we need students to understand concepts rather than simply learn facts – and what pedagogical approaches can help ...

The high school English teacher has long included the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about slavery in his curriculum at Litchfield’s Campbell High School. And in the past, he had questioned students ...

Jim Garrett is a professor of social studies education at the University of Georgia. Before earning his doctorate at Michigan State University, he taught high school social studies. In a guest column, ...

Tennessee has finally laid out the consequences for schools or teachers found to be teaching certain topics regarding race and gender prohibited by a new state law. Education Commissioner Penny ...

Scaffolding is an instructional practice where a teacher gradually removes guidance and support as students learn and become more competent. Support can be for content, processes, and learning ...

This story was originally produced by The Keene Sentinel. NHPR is republishing it in partnership with the Granite State News Collaborative. Proposed legislation would repeal a Republican-backed state ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that the bill was deferred to 2024. It was updated to reflect that it passed the House and Senate. A bill that made ...

LEGISLATION SAY IT WILL BE A TALL ORDER STRUCK DOWN BY A JUDGE LAST YEAR FOR BEING OVERLY VAGUE. THE LANGUAGE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE’S MUCH DEBATED 2021 ANTI-DISCRIMINATION AND TEACHING LAW, ALSO KNOWN AS ...

CONCORD — New Hampshire's Republican lawmakers have inserted, and the governor has signed, a state budget that prohibits the teaching of so-called "divisive concepts" related to race and gender by ...