In recent months, I’ve mentioned at least once that we’ve seen a sharp increase in the use of tablets and other screens in classrooms since the onset of the pandemic. Many districts pushed 1:1 device initiatives during that time, so the capabilities here have shifted dramatically in the last 5 years. Even in grade levels […]
“Social studies is the place to teach kids how to talk to each other and negotiate conversations and digest information and form an opinion, but also listen to others’ opinions and back that up with evidence. And at the elementary age… that’s the place for some of that work…In history, we can teach them how […]
We’ve looked at the first public school in the U.S., what education was like in the Massachusetts Bay Colony circa 1635, and what the Bray School tells us about education around the time of the Revolutionary War. We also looked at the Lancaster Monitorial system from the early decades of the 19th century before shifting […]
We’ve looked at the first public school in the U.S., what education was like in the Massachusetts Bay Colony circa 1635, and what the Bray School tells us about education around the time of the Revolutionary War. We also looked at the Lancaster Monitorial system from the early decades of the 19th century before shifting […]
We’ve looked at the first public school in the U.S., what education was like in the Massachusetts Bay Colony circa 1635, and what the Bray School tells us about education around the time of the Revolutionary War. We also looked at the Lancaster Monitorial system from the early decades of the 19th century before shifting […]
We’ve looked at the first public school in the U.S., what education was like in the Massachusetts Bay Colony circa 1635, and what the Bray School tells us about education around the time of the Revolutionary War. We also looked at the Lancaster Monitorial system from the early decades of the 19th century before shifting […]
We’ve looked at the first public school in the U.S., what education was like in the Massachusetts Bay Colony circa 1635, and what the Bray School tells us about education around the time of the Revolutionary War. We also looked at the Lancaster Monitorial system from the early decades of the 19th century before shifting […]
“We have dedicated staff members of color who now carry their passports with them at all times, just hoping to avoid wrong detention. We’ve also seen students who were once excelling in their classes now failing, their mental health shattered by the continued and constant weight of this anxiety. This is not an environment for […]
“For me and for public schools here in Minnesota, this isn’t about being Democrat or Republican. This is about the ability of our children to attend federally required school in a safe and productive way…” – Dr. Brenda Lewis, Superintendent, Fridley Public Schools, quoted in The Preamble.* On February 4, 2026, two school districts and […]
We’ve looked at the first public school in the U.S., what education was like in the Massachusetts Bay Colony circa 1635, and what the Bray School tells us about education around the time of the Revolutionary War. We also looked at the Lancaster Monitorial system from the early decades of the 19th century before shifting […]