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Kids Don’t Always Believe in Climate Science. Are Schools Miseducating Them?

Edsurge

That’s one thing Katie Worth, a former reporter for the PBS show Frontline, found while researching her new book, “ Miseducation ,” about how schools teach climate science. because they wanted him to get a good education. The book is called “Miseducation.” Education is so local in this country. But many kids in the U.S.

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Why all screen time isn’t created equally

The Hechinger Report

The thought is so alluring that parents often ask early education teachers what the best apps are, said Lisa Guernsey, speaking at the national seminar of the Education Writer’s Association in Nashville this week. And just like toys and other equipment, even the most educational of apps need some introduction.

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Teachers go to school on racial bias

The Hechinger Report

They’re known as cultural proficiency seminars and attendance is mandatory. But they say the discussions are helping them to become better educators within a system in which predominantly white staff teach in schools with significant numbers of black and Latino students. This isn’t a quick fix. The effort must be ongoing.

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How Schools Can Help Teachers Understand and Address Racial Bias

MindShift

They’re known as cultural proficiency seminars and attendance is mandatory. But they say the discussions are helping them to become better educators within a system in which predominantly white staff teach in schools with significant numbers of black and Latino students. This isn’t a quick fix. The effort must be ongoing.