Phi Delta Kappan

Papers
(The TQCC of Phi Delta Kappan is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
PDK Connection: Organizational news about PDK International44
Bookshelf: Kappan authors on their favorite reads19
Poll Points: Public opinion on AI in schools16
Career Confidential: Teacher wants to motivate an apathetic student16
Browsing: Further thoughts on this month’s theme15
Students Speak Up: What people should know about schools14
Policy Solutions: Reimagining assessment to be accountable to the student14
Bookshelf: Kappan authors on their favorite reads14
POLICY SOLUTIONS: Should school board elections be partisan?13
Backtalk: Teaching historical reasoning helps democracy thrive12
Artistic License: Celebrating the talents of students and educators12
Reimagining American Education: Possible Futures11
Key lessons from research about project-based teaching and learning11
Building a bridge to the future: A conversation with 2024 National Teacher of the Year Missy Testerman10
Conflict-competent leadership9
Authentic student voice at the board table: A conversation with Jennifer Tran of the National Student Board Member Association9
Career Confidential: Veteran educator wonders, ‘Is it too late to start over?’9
Career Confidential: Staff members are rude to principal when they dislike his decisions9
Policy Solutions: Should superintendents be elected?9
On Leadership: A solid transition process helps new leaders chart a clear course forward8
How do we teach honesty in a dishonest world?8
Accountability for long-term English learners8
Under the Law: Expanding access to preK and the legacy of Abbott v. Burke7
Motivating adolescents to read7
Bookshelf: Kappan authors on their favorite reads7
POLL POINTS: Broad support for workforce preparation7
Under The Law: Oklahoma!7
On Leadership: The voices we need to hear6
Learning with Leaders: Education is the way: Tony Thurmond6
CAREER CONFIDENTIAL: How to encourage students to reflect and self-assess6
Public opinion and the teaching profession6
Career confidential: Principal ticked off about TikTok challenges6
Career confidential: Principal getting cyberbullied by parent6
The magic of seeing yourself in books6
Career Confidential: Principal lets students get away with too much6
Social media and students’ privacy: What schools and districts should know6
The Editor’s Note: A new day for young children?6
A vision for teachers’ emotional well-being6
Taking stock of the science of reading: A conversation with Amanda Goodwin5
Putting rural communities at the center: A conversation with Sky Marietta5
Backtalk: The harm in assessment-backward practices5
Leading for mindfulness5
What middle schoolers need: Respect, accountability, and grace5
Washington view: How have special education students fared during the pandemic?5
Building a bilingual teacher pathway5
Creating a safe community: The transition project5
Leading through crisis5
Stressed, tired, and yearning for support4
Letting go of what doesn’t work in education: A conversation with Rick Ginsberg and Yong Zhao4
Artistic License: Celebrating the talents of students and educators4
Empowering educators through team-based staffing models4
A Look Back: The ongoing special education debate in Kappan4
The importance of early literacy screening4
Career Confidential: Teacher wants to support students with test anxiety4
The Editor’s Note: Stepping outside the little boxes4
Policy Solutions: What should we make of book bans?4
THE EDITOR’S NOTE: Math, mindset, and identity4
The dynamic tension at the core of the grammar of schooling4
Taking a LEAP toward community-engaged leadership4
Reimagining American Education: Possible Futures4
The Editor’s Note: The work of leaders4
Under the Law: School accountability: Lessons from the courts4
Poll Points: Digging deeper into 2023 PDK Poll results4
The translanguaging school3
The promises and pitfalls of mandating racial equity in special education3
Backtalk: Universities aren’t teaching the finance skills that K-12 leaders need3
The rural teacher shortage3
The editor’s note: Time to invest in rural education3
How educational intermediaries connect research and practice3
Career Confidential: Teacher distracted by ‘loud’ classroom next door3
First Person: Juggling through a teacher education program3
From segregation to strengths: A personal history of special education3
Resisting racism in school3
Structures for continuous improvement in principal preparation3
The Editor’s Note: Chasing what matters3
The Editor’s Note: No easy answers on safety3
The rise and stall of standards-based reform3
Creating a space for regulation and reflection3
Learning with Leaders: Partnering for innovation and growth: Shaun Nelms3
Washington View: Is education reform dead?2
Fostering student agency to transform education2
Career Confidential: Teacher overheard students complain about his breath2
BACKTALK: Finding the sweet spot between curriculum fidelity and teacher agency2
Local success in the standards era2
PDK Connection: Organizational news about PDK International2
Reframing trauma-informed practices2
Five key questions educators ask about SEL2
Helping students be ‘happier and less worried’: A conversation with Elizabeth Englander2
First Person: Lamenting Earl — and other chronically absent students2
Using diagnostic assessments to improve data use2
Under The Law: The Israel-Hamas war and U.S. classrooms2
Designing teacher leadership for school improvement2
Serving students with autism: Ensuring a place for applied behavior analysis2
Under the Law: Is there a sports advantage in suburbia?2
Backtalk: Preparing emotionally competent educators2
Career Confidential: Teacher wants to motivate an apathetic student2
What do adults know about public education?2
Pdk Connection: Heritage News2
An AI wishlist from school leaders2
PDK Connection: Heritage News2
Career Confidential: Parents blaming teacher for child’s misbehavior2
Career Confidential: Teacher frustrated district ‘undervalues’ the arts2
Bookshelf: Kappan authors on their favorite reads2
Putting evidence on CTE to work2
Students Speak Up: Identifying good teachers1
Equity-centered school leaders1
White educators working with Black parents: Resistance and trust1
Career Confidential: Teacher is losing patience with misbehaving students1
On Leadership: Getting the community on the path toward equity1
Under the Law: Virtually an education1
PDK Connection - Heritage News1
A new research base for rigorous project-based learning1
Poll Points: Who should influence what’s taught?1
PDK Connection: Organizational news about PDK International1
Poll Points: Education and the election1
Employing School Librarians: What Decision-Makers Tell Us1
Poll Points: Public priorities for education1
Policy Solutions: Was the LeBron James school a false promise?1
School safety for all students1
Backtalk: Harnessing the power of career changers to address teacher shortages1
Policy Solutions: It’s more than money: Supporting the Black school1
PDK CONNECTION: From the CEO: Dreaming of Summer1
Collaborative deliberation in the classroom1
Students Speak Up: Supporting students who are learning English1
Industry-recognized certifications for college- and career-readiness1
Professional development for the science of reading1
PDK connection: Organizational news about PDK International1
Students Speak Up: How students are learning to lead1
Policy Solutions: The case for sensory civics education1
Students Speak Up: The changes students want1
Under The Law: The legal fight to preserve public education — and democracy1
Students Speak Up: Why come to school?1
A reading board for literacy justice1
How Coaches Get In1
The benefits of prekindergarten programs: Strong findings and open questions1
Artistic License: Celebrating the talents of students and educators1
Gifted education advances school integration and equity1
Students Speak Up: How teachers can help middle schoolers1
Lessons from the early literacy tutoring landscape1
Engaging, motivating, and supporting students through feedback1
Artistic License: Celebrating the talents of students and educators1
Thinking through research and the science of reading1
Helping students to learn and grow1
Under The Law: The incredibly shrinking zone of teacher free speech1
Bookshelf: Kappan authors on their favorite reads1
Curriculum, conflict, and critical race theory1
How a university and a school district made change together1
Career Confidential: Teacher wants to feel more motivated1
Bookshelf: Kappan authors on their favorite reads1
Addressing inconsistencies in grading practices1
First Person: How I gamified my classroom1
Students Speak Up: How can schools help prepare students for careers?1
Learning with Leaders: Bringing the village together: John B. Gordon III1
On Leadership: What should students learn?1
Reimagining American Education: Possible Futures1
Democratic representation and charter school governance: The case of KIPP1
On Leadership: Expectations and exceptions1
Collaborate with generative AI to improve classroom assessments1
Nurturing students through social interactions1
Bookshelf: Kappan authors on their favorite reads1
Clearing up misconceptions about project-based learning1
Under The Law: Recent developments in the quest for racial diversity in K-12 schools1
Evolving demands on teachers1
First Person: The Happy Farm: Igniting the flame of knowledge in children1
Students Speak Up: What future educators want1
Career Confidential: Teaching assistant won’t address unwanted behaviors1
A new North Star1
The Editor’s Note: There’s opportunity in the middle1
PDK Poll of Public’s Attitudes Toward Public Schools: Local public school ratings rise, even as the teaching profession loses ground1
First Person: Lessons in obedience — and resistance1
Making sense of reading’s forever wars1
Under The Law: Banning books: Unlawful censorship, or within a school’s discretion?1
Keeping the Vietnamese language alive1
How to ensure high-quality instructional coaching at scale1
‘It does happen here’1
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