Rob Samuelson

Friday 5 9/9/22: Check Out Across Colors, Your New Favorite Education Podcast, and More For Your Weekend

Hey everybody, Ed Post Staff Writer Rob Samuelson here with another Friday 5, our weekly newsletter where our staff shares how the outside world affects the work we do for your kids. This Week...

National Test Data Hammers Home How Badly Adults Have Failed Kids

The COVID-19 pandemic has not been kind to America’s students, and new test results put a spotlight on a stark learning loss problem. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) looked at...

Learning

Little Ones Need Summer Learning and Fun. Here's How to Give Them Both.

When the mercury rises, that’s supposed to be family time, relaxation time, playtime for America’s students. It can also be a time of profound learning for the youngest children—if adults approach...

Remake's Joyful, Innovative Approach to Learning Is What Families Need Right Now

Crystal Jewell’s 11-year-old has salsa on the mind. “My daughter has been taking a photo each week of our salsa garden growing to log its progress,” she said of the new hobby her daughter picked up...

guns

Want Justice For Uvalde? It'll Only Happen If You Can Outspend Lobbyists.

Nineteen second, third, and fourth graders and at least two teachers are dead (as of this writing) after a gunman entered yet another school with another automatic weapon designed to do only one...

Social Emotional Learning

Parents Aren’t Falling for the Partisan Outrage About SEL in Schools

Do you want kids to develop the self-discipline to succeed academically? Want them to build communication and kindness skills to work together with their peers? Then you want social-emotional...