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  1. A high school student writes at his desk in a classroom, and is engaged in curriculum that follows K-12 content standards
    Rossier News

    30 years after standards reform, schools aren’t much better

    Editor’s Note: Morgan Polikoff is the author of the book Beyond Standards, which examines content standards reform through its impact on instruction and student learning, and explores how it might...

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  2. Part-time faculty members at USC Rossier smile for a photo during an event held over Zoom
    Education News

    Equity for part-time faculty

    In fall of 2020, California passed AB736, legislation stipulating that private, nonprofit colleges may expand the professional exemption of its part-time teaching staff. The law gives schools an option to...

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  3. USC Commencement
    Rossier News

    In 2021, a Commencement for the record books

    USC Rossier honors two classes in an extraordinary time Conventional wisdom says that history runs in cycles. The University of Southern California established its school of education in 1918, with...

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  4. Student Collaboration
    Educator Tips

    What is action civics? Six things educators should know

    What role should students play in their civics education? This question has come into focus in the debate over how civics should be taught in K–12 schools. Under a more...

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  5. A K-12 teacher helps a student problem-solve at their desk, illustrating principles that can reduce scientific illiteracy
    Educator Tips

    How educators can stem the tide of scientific illiteracy

    Editor’s note: The following content was adapted from Gale Sinatra’s 2021 USC Rossier commencement address to graduating students. Science Denial, Why it Happens and What to Do About It, a...

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  6. USC, Los Angeles skyline
    Education News

    Crowdsourcing innovative solutions to improve schools via The Education (Re)Open

    During the COVID-19 pandemic, the education ecosystem has struggled like never before. Innovations—old and new—are essential in renewing, reimagining and rebuilding the ecosystem in timely and equitable ways. After a...

  7. Kia Hill, a student in USC Rossier’s online Master of Education in Learning Design and Technology program will graduate in May. (Photo/Rebecca Aranda)
    Student Story

    Bringing an online mentality to the medical profession

    How this USC Rossier LDT student is improving continuing education for health care professionals

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  8. A second grader attends online school from her socially-distanced desk at the Delano Recreation Center, which is a part of the Safer at Parks: Alternative Learning Centers and After School Program in Los Angeles. (Photo/Getty Images, Al Seib)
    Education News

    Building a more equitable future

    As schools start to reopen, now is the time to create an education system that supports all students

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  9. Sáenz (far right) with her family, husband, Efrén, second from left, and daughters Charlotte and Laura.(Photo courtesy of Janet Boldt Sánez)
    Alumni Story

    Discovering the talents in every child

    This alumna’s illustrious career in gifted education took her from LA to the remote villages of Mexico

  10. Illustration/Chris Gash
    Educator Tips

    Disruption as an opportunity for change

    The pandemic has provided a chance to reimagine how schools function

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