It’s parent-teacher conference season. For everyone involved—teachers, students, and parents—these events frequently conjure up ambiguity, even dread. Students may sit at home wondering and worrying ...

Teachers go above and beyond every day: grading papers through the weekend, using personal funds to decorate their classroom or set up a library corner, waiting on the curb outside school with a ...

Kellen Hedler is actively engaged in his fourth-grade classroom: He raises his hand to correctly answer a math question, he reads prompts out loud for the class and he gathers with classmates to watch ...

Middle school marks the transition from late childhood to early adolescence. Developmental psychologist Erik Erikson describes the transition as a shift from the Industry vs. Inferiority stage (ages 6 ...

William Liang lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. His writing has appeared in The Hill, The Daily Wire, The San Diego Union-Tribune, and The San Francisco Chronicle. Liz Shulman teaches English at ...

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