Stories by Elizabeth M. Ross

Schools have an essential part to play in confronting climate change and developing climate literacy

Following a successful professional basketball career in Europe and Canada, master’s student Kazembe Abif is building a new set of skills 

A tool to help students communicate effectively with peers from different places, cultures, and backgrounds

Five essential practices for superintendents explained in new resource on political leadership 

A new book demonstrates how to educate for social action and why it doesn’t have to come at the expense of academic learning 

A new paper finds “substantial gap persists” between reading comprehension research and practice, calls for greater efforts to prioritize effective instruction methods

As chronic absenteeism slows the pace of academic recovery after the pandemic, especially in poorer school districts, and achievement gaps widen, researchers urge states and districts to recommit to effective interventions, and for leaders outside schools and employers to help confront the problem

A new guide offers advice and strategies for using generative AI tools to support self-directed project-based learning

There is more to preschool than learning your ABCs and 123s, researchers say, as they propose broader range of skills for assessing early education 

A look back at a very techy year in education and what we learned

A program that has long-supported meaningful intercultural exchange and worldwide educational partnerships leans into mission in polarized times

The authors of a new study set out to understand how young children react to and process the idle talk they hear from adults

Researchers share what Americans have to say about social disconnection and potential solutions

A new report investigates whether high-stakes graduation tests improve student achievement and long-term success

A new free online tool helps teachers practice creative problem-solving

There are some valuable lessons from the fraught redesign of the federal student aid application form
 

A new study co-authored by Megan Satterthwaite-Freiman highlights the need for more effective and personalized training on how to lead conversations about sensitive topics in the classroom

A new research paper provides a model for social and emotional learning in schools that is culturally sustaining
 

A summer institute dives into teaching hard histories and tough topics in developmentally appropriate and pedagogically sophisticated ways

Alum Adrian Anantawan, violinist, educator, and disability advocate will mark the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act with a concert program that highlights outstanding young musicians with disabilities 

A paper published earlier this year highlighted the dangers of rising temperatures on infants’ development and health, offered practical solutions to mitigate its effects 

New literacy briefs correct common myths and misconceptions 

A new book lays out a roadmap for the messy, challenging, and hard work of using data to make positive change across all layers of the school system

A new study finds federal relief funds, which will expire this fall, helped with academic recovery, especially in low-income schools, but urges states to help students who still remain behind