Sarah Sparks
Assistant Editor at Education Week
A New Orleans native and Washington D.C.-area education journalist, I cover research for Education Week. Retweets do not constitute endorsement of opinions.
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edweek.org | Lauren Santucci |Sarah Sparks
Every Friday afternoon, a group of teachers in the Brooklyn borough of New York walk out of school feeling energized and ready for the weekend. While the daily stress of the classroom and the fatigue of busy days and long commutes can make it hard to find the time or energy to exercise, these teachers are able to simply walk down the hall to get a workout in.
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1 week ago |
edweek.org | Sarah Sparks
Teachers have long pulled from their own pockets to pay for classroom supplies. Now, rising inflation and widening student needs have made that more expensive. “At this point, the school has pretty much said they can’t pay for anything, which has been pretty shocking,” said Dominique Foster, a 20-year veteran early childhood specialist at Friendship Public Charter School’s Blow Pierce campus in the District of Columbia.
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1 week ago |
edweek.org | Sarah Sparks
John B. King Jr. is the legacy of educators, both literally—through mother Adalina King, a guidance counselor at New York P.S. 276; father John Sr., New York City’s first Black deputy schools chief; and other kin—and figuratively, through the teachers who shaped his views on education as an engine of change.
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flipboard.com | Sarah Sparks
3 hours agoThe Best Ways to Teach Word Problems So All Students UnderstandWord problems try and tell students a story about the math problem in front of them. They are a useful way to connect abstract numbers to concrete …8 hours agoAmerica’s first taxpayer-funded religious school would teach math – and MassKindergartners would be taught to count to 100 and learn the concepts of virtue and sin.
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1 week ago |
edweek.org | Sarah Sparks
A little stress can motivate, but teachers increasingly report their students’ fears over math interfere with their learning. In a nationally representative survey conducted this spring, nearly all K-12 educators told the EdWeek Research Center that math anxiety is a problem for their students.
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“Teaching already is a high-stress job—it’s relentless—and then when you’re a sub, it’s just compounded because you are working usually in new environments,” said Terrie St. Michel, author, 30-year veteran sub. How do schools find people ready for that? https://t.co/5AwtjY6poa
That flu bug going around your school? Yup, Omicron could make it worse for kids. https://t.co/QgRJO14uU5
Why is a mask less enforceable than other parts of a school dress code? https://t.co/koAq1oFM2N
