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How has teaching changed since Columbine and Sandy Hook, how would a proposed Republican healthcare bill affect students, and March Madness in the classroom?

In December, Teaching Tolerance released a guide for teachers called “The value of teaching protest” that argued in part that teaching students about protests shows them real-world examples of valuable skills:  “persistence, presence, planning and provocation.” Teachers, is there a value in trying to bring in ‘protests’ as a curricular subject?

The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled school funding in the state is constitutionally inadequate. The Atlantic magazine said this “landmark ruling” could open the way for states to help close the achievement gap by funding schools more equitably. Our teachers are skeptical of such optimism.

In December, The New York Times described Brett Parker as “an elementary school teacher and rookie politician...a Democrat running against a Republican incumbent in a Republican state that the Republican presidential candidate, Donald J. Trump, clinched by 20 percentage points. In spite of all that, Mr. Parker will be sworn into the Kansas House of Representatives next month.”

School choice has been a hot topic recently after Donald Trump featured the idea prominently in his joint address to Congress. But our teachers remain unconvinced a broad-based rollout of choice models--especially vouchers and tax credit scholarships--will be effective.

As part of its 5 Million Voices reporting project, NPR recently released a trove of data about the nation’s 5 million or so students who are labeled as English Language Learners, or ELLS.

How will the withdrawal of Obama era protections for transgender students effect students, classroom fallout from a shooting that's gained national attention and the best/worst films about teachers.

In a career spanning nearly six decades, Jane Elliott has enjoyed a level of notoriety rare among public school teachers. Her fame can be traced back to one lesson she taught in April 1968 to her third-grade class in Riceville, Iowa.  Distraught over the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Elliott says she wanted to impress upon her all-white students the power of prejudice faced by African-Americans and other minority groups.

What educators have to teach the media about handling President Trump, a Betsy DeVos update, and Fifty Shades of Sex Education.

A new report published in the journal Science concludes negative stereotypes of girls lacking high intellectual ability start to be ingrained in students as young as kindergarten. Girls as young as six are far less likely than boys their age to believe girls are “really, really smart.”

What can the silencing of Elizabeth Warren teach us about sexism in the classroom, how are teachers using the refugee crisis to educate students about empathy, and what is the future of Common Core?

The controversial confirmation of Betsy DeVos has grabbed a lot of media attention. But, what do actual teachers have to say? Find out how teachers expect this confirmation to affect their classroom.

On this week's episode: integrating Black History month into the classroom, the pros and cons of discipling students, and a viral video about a teacher specializing in high fives.

One of the most popular stories at the website of Education Week last week was a column by an instructional coach in Illinois named Lisa Westman. In it, she detailed the “4 Phrases All Teachers Say, And No Students Understand.”

Our educators discuss teaching 1984 in the age of "alternative facts", how they plan to address Trump's refugee ban in school, and how athletics help or hurt students in the classroom.