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Aris Messinis / AFP / Getty The Risks and Rewards of Student-Exchange Programs
Pen pals and school visits can help students connect with one another, but they can also end up discouraging students from less fortunate backgrounds.
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Paula Froke / AP The Elusive Teacher Next Door
Many educators cannot afford to live in the districts where they work, which is detrimental to school cohesion.
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HBO How Big People Shape Little Kids in Big Little Lies
The HBO miniseries is an honest reflection of parents’ psychological impact on their children.
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Teacher of the Year / Facebook How Pop Culture Misrepresents Educators
The new documentary Teacher of the Year pushes against Hollywood’s hack-or-hero portrayals of the profession.
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Toby Melville / Reuters Teaching 1984 in 2016
Every year, one high-school educator converts his classroom into a totalitarian state to teach George Orwell’s book. This year, the lesson feels different.
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HBO The Tragedy of Vice Principals
The jokes in the HBO comedy may not be all that funny, but the show reveals something raw and authentic about public-school dynamics.
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Eric Audras / PhotoAlto / Corbis Literature’s Emotional Lessons
Grappling with the way books make students feel—not just analytical skills—should be part of the high-school English curriculum.
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Rich Schultz / AP Mishandling The Prize
A new book, by Dale Russakoff, examines the pitfalls of Mark Zuckerberg’s generous philanthropic gift to Newark Public Schools.
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Luke MacGregor / Reuters The Problem With Ds
Why the letter grade should be banned from schools
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Shannon Stapleton/Reuters What Undocumented Students Bring to the Classroom
Public discourse shouldn't focus on what immigrants "take" from America but rather on how they enhance the learning experiences for all the country's children.
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CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP / Getty Let's Talk About Sex—in English Class
High school educators often get in trouble for teaching "promiscuous" literature, but conversations about these texts come with lifelong lessons about relationships and attraction.
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Not Everyone Can Afford the All-American On-Campus Life
The traditional college experience is increasingly available only to a privileged few.
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Universal Pictures Not Everyone Can Afford the All-American On-Campus Experience
Living away from home gives students a chance to immerse themselves in new academic and social worlds. But that kind of college experience is available only to an increasingly privileged few.
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Touchstone Pictures Why Teaching Poetry Is So Important
The oft-neglected literary form can help students learn in ways that prose can't.
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See-ming Lee/flickr The Art of the College Recommendation Letter
How teachers can move beyond statements like, “She is a consistently respectful student.”
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Matt Rourke/AP Images The Danger of Telling Poor Kids That College Is the Key to Social Mobility
Higher education should be promoted to all students as an opportunity to experience an intellectual awakening, not just increase their earning power.
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theilr/Flickr I Am a Teacher With Really Bad Handwriting
And somehow it's made me better at my job.
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Mary Altaffer/AP Photo Facebook Has Transformed My Students' Writing—for the Better
Social media has helped make young men comfortable with opening up emotionally.
