Dear We Are Teachers,I’ve been a part of interviews this summer for a vacancy on our team. After researching each of the candidates…
ISTELive25 was another energetic and inspiring conference, held in San Antonio this year with hundreds of sessions and exhibitors enjoying the learning and…
For too long, the conversation around remote First Nations schools has centred on attendance—or the lack of it—framing students and families as the…
The future of learning should look, feel, and be different for students and educators, says Christine Anne Royce. Royce makes this case in…
This article was updated July 2025 Digital image libraries are essential to today’s teachers and students. Yet while stock image sites such as…
Over the last three decades, the field of education in the US has experienced a growing demand for dual language and biliteracy programs.…
Earlier in my teaching career, my first-day-of-class deck included a slide about my professional and personal history to build trust and transparency. I…
The Trump administration is withholding $6.8 billion in federal funding for K-12 schools due for distribution on July 1. Department of Education staff…
On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling allowing parents in Maryland—and potentially nationwide—to request opt-outs from LGBTQ stories…
During the past decade and especially the last few years, social emotional learning’s (SEL’s) reach has expanded significantly. It is known that high-quality…
A relatively new and underutilized pedagogical approach to language learning is CLIL, or content and language integrated learning. David Marsh is noted for…
On May 2, Russell T. Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), sent a letter to Senator Susan Collins, chair…
A federal judge in Massachusetts has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the President’s executive order calling for Education Secretary Linda McMahon to close…
Three days after he was released from prison in December, a Tibetan village leader named Gonpo Namgyal died. As his body was being…
Structured literacy is a research-based approach to reading instruction that’s rooted in the science of reading. It emphasizes direct, explicit instruction in phonemic…
New research from the University of East Anglia (UEA), UK has found evidence that talking to toddlers helps to shape their developing brain.…
Elite athletes like Simone Biles didn’t reach the Olympics overnight—it took years of disciplined training and incremental skill development, with every new gymnastic…
Fidgeting used to be a problem teachers tried to solve. These days, we recognize that students don’t need to be completely still in…
Common Sense Media has released its first AI Toolkit for School Districts, which gives districts of all sizes a structured, action-oriented guide for implementing…