Proposed changes to the New South Wales English syllabus reinforce the misguided idea that the teaching of language and literacy skills should fall chiefly to English teachers, leaving other teachers to focus more on their subject content. The plan follows a report by the NSW Education Authority (NESA) that found students’ writing standards had fallen sharply over recent […] … learn more→

Changes in family structures, immigration and the economic crisis, among other issues, make the generational bond difficult. For this reason, the urgent need to create shared spaces in which different generations relate to each other is emerging. Based on this premise, the school environment offers an ideal context to work on the intergenerational vision. In fact, the […] … learn more→

It is necessary to distinguish what is called “children’s books” from those which form a “literature for children and young people”. It will take centuries to pass from the first to the second, and this literature will then continue to change. Let us lay down a few milestones in this complex story, which we will be forgiven […] … learn more→

As COVID-19 restrictions recede across much of the world, students have navigated changes in modes of learning (from virtual to in-person) and social protocols (for example, no masks). Even as societies gradually return to normal, we are constantly reminded that COVID-19 is still very much in our communities. Regions are no longer reporting publicly on COVID-19 cases, but in schools, […] … learn more→

“Concentrate, concentrate!” says the magician. Our attention is focused on what he wants us to look at and the magic trick occurs. We stop seeing what makes the magic possible and only see what it wants us to see: we focus on the glove, the card, the hat and not on what makes the trick possible. When […] … learn more→

Nearly 70 years ago – in its 1954 Brown v. Board decision – the Supreme Court framed racial segregation as the cause of educational inequality. It did not, however, challenge the lengths to which states went to ensure the unequal funding of Black schools. Before Brown, Southern states were using segregation to signify and tangibly reinforce second-class citizenship for […] … learn more→

The integration of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) in educational systems has been a priority for most countries in the world during the last decade. The STEAM methodology seeks to generate in students the ability to investigate, transmit and manage the conception of different processes typical of the areas that comprise it through collaboration, […] … learn more→

The COVID-19 pandemic, with its multiple waves of remote, hybrid and in-person education, increased students’ needs for support, revealed political minefields in teaching, and heightened labor tensions for educators. And in the 2021-2022 school year, staffing shortages have made all of that worse, as our work details. Our long-term research with hundreds of teachers and school administrators reveals that persistent staffing shortages are […] … learn more→

If programming languages ​​are much simpler than natural languages, why do human beings speak a mother tongue (Spanish or Chinese) from the earliest years and yet learn to program seems so complex? Communication with a computer has a certain logical component, but we have verified that already in primary education, from the age of 6, […] … learn more→

In end-of-year discussions around the baccalaureate, this is the path that is least highlighted. But would the vocational route have gained public attention through political debates? The vocational high school would in any case have become a “surprise campaign subject” , headlined Le Monde on April 1 , 2022  . And this is by no means a joke. President candidate Emmanuel Macron declared when […] … learn more→