This story is part of a series from the Education Reporting Collaborative in partnership with AL.com. At the Erikson Institute, a child-development-focused graduate school in Chicago, this annual ...

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Please check your inbox for your confirmation. In July, in a packed classroom in downtown Chicago, a group composed mostly of early elementary teachers and child care workers read a story about “Wendi ...

Ivory McCormick, a kindergarten teacher from Atlanta, talks about her experiences teaching math with another educator during an icebreaker session at the Erickson Institute's summer learning program ...