How to Talk to Kids About the Riots at the U.S. Capitol

Many students were home Wednesday, watching the D.C riots unfold in front of them. As adults, parents and educators, it is our job to help students make sense of it. Turn this into a teachable moment. Talk this through calmly with your students and listen to what they are saying. Keep the conversation going. Read…

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States Must Test Student Learning This Year, Biden Administration Says

While the U.S. Education Department believes that standardized testing provides important data on student learning and success, critics argue that these tests have never been a valid or reliable measure of what students know or are able to do, and that they are especially unreliable now. NPR reports that “high-stakes standardized tests administered during the…

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