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Kelly Frycz, principal of Sardis Elementary, works with a 2nd grade class in Monroe, N.C., on Sept. 5. As a second year principal, Frycz looks for opportunities to engage with kids and teach in the classroom.

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School & District Management These 3 Principals Still Take Time to Teach. Here's Why

Caitlyn Meisner, September 12, 2023

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The 1776 signing of the Declaration of Independence depicted in this engraving set in motion the long process of compromises and negotiations that led to the signing of the Constitution 11 years later.

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Social Studies A Digital Game Offers a Lesson on Compromise, the 18th Century Way

Caitlyn Meisner, August 30, 2023

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Classroom Technology ChatGPT Is Everywhere in This District. Here's What It Looks Like

Caitlyn Meisner, August 29, 2023

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Kindergarten students explore various activity centers in their classroom at Capital City Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., on April 4, 2017. Four-day school weeks raise questions for families on how to care for their youngest children when schools are closed on work days.

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School & District Management 4-Day School Weeks Are Gaining Support. What Do Educators Have to Say?

Caitlyn Meisner, August 29, 2023

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Teaching assistant Leonardo Baker, right, greets students arriving at Franklin High School on Dec. 12, 2018, in Seattle, where students start school later in the morning.

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Student Well-Being Should Teens Start School Later? Educators Have Strong Feelings

Caitlyn Meisner, August 25, 2023

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School & District Management What Do Principals Carry Around All Day? 3 Leaders Share Their Essentials

Caitlyn Meisner, August 24, 2023

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Robbi Giuliano teaches her 5th grade class as they sit on yoga balls at Westtown-Thornbury Elementary School on Feb. 4, 2013, in West Chester, Pa. She said replacing stationary seats with the inflatable bouncers has helped her students focus more, while improving their balance and core strength.

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Teaching Do Classrooms Need Yoga Balls and Bean Bag Chairs? Teachers Weigh in on Flexible Seating

Caitlyn Meisner, August 17, 2023

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Students at the Maurice J. Tobin K-8 School in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood eat lunch on Sept. 4, 2013.

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States Massachusetts Joins Short List of States Providing Free School Meals to All

Caitlyn Meisner, August 16, 2023

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Brittany Hagan, an eighth year English-language arts teacher near Philadelphia, sets up her classroom each year to provide a calming environment for her middle school students.

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Teaching Older Students Deserve Colorful Classrooms, Too

Caitlyn Meisner, August 15, 2023

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Classroom Technology Can AI Improve Instruction? 3 Teachers Share How They Use It

Lauraine Langreo, Lydia McFarlane & Caitlyn Meisner, August 10, 2023

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Student Well-Being Kids' Mental Health Can Decline in the Summer. What Schools Can Do to Help

Caitlyn Meisner, August 3, 2023

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School & District Management Got AC? How Schools Are Coping With Record-Breaking Temperatures

Elizabeth Heubeck & Caitlyn Meisner, July 28, 2023

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Fourth-grade students Briley Williams, 9, left, and Jacqueline Naula, 9, work together in their English/language arts class at Israel Putnam Elementary School in Meriden, Conn., on Dec. 9, 2022. Meriden schools have made progress on attendance and addressing social-emotional learning needs.

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Student Well-Being Social-Emotional Learning Persists Despite Political Backlash

Libby Stanford & Caitlyn Meisner, July 27, 2023

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School & District Management What Teachers Think Makes a Principal Great

Caitlyn Meisner & Hayley Hardison, July 26, 2023

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School & District Management Why Are Only a Quarter of School Districts in Texas Led by Women?

Caitlyn Meisner, July 11, 2023

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Virginia's largest school system, Fairfax County Public Schools, removed the name of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from one of its high schools in favor of the late Civil Rights icon Rep. John Lewis in 2020. Virginia has renamed more schools that were originally named<b> </b>after Confederate figures than most states.

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School & District Management Richmond, Va., Schools Rename the Last of Their Confederate-Named Schools

Caitlyn Meisner, June 28, 2023

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Chloe Lalone, a University of Iowa student, works with Yamir Banks, a soon-to-be 2nd grader, as part of a summer school summer school program designed to help students make up for educational time lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Summer school programs nationwide typically experience high rates of absenteeism.

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Student Achievement Summer Schools Can Boost Learning, But Only If Students Attend

Caitlyn Meisner & Elizabeth Heubeck, June 26, 2023

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Jerry Sparby founded HuddLUp, a national nonprofit designed to improve students’ mental health, after retiring from 37 years in K-12 education and a stint as an education professor.

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Student Well-Being After a School Shooting, a Principal Launches a Nonprofit to Improve Students' Mental Health

Caitlyn Meisner, June 19, 2023

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Flowers are placed in front of the Altria Theater which was the site of a mass shooting after a graduation ceremony, June 7, 2023, in Richmond, Va.

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School Climate & Safety Superintendent 'Devastated' by Deadly, Post-Graduation Shooting

Caitlyn Meisner, June 7, 2023

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Teaching Profession The Funny, Inspirational, and Weird: Educators Share Highlights From This School Year

Caitlyn Meisner, June 7, 2023

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