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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Purposeful moments and planned journeys spark student curiosity60
Students Speak Up: What people should know about schools20
Poll Points: Public opinion on AI in schools19
PDK Connection: Organizational news about PDK International19
POLICY SOLUTIONS: Should school board elections be partisan?18
Building a bridge to the future: A conversation with 2024 National Teacher of the Year Missy Testerman15
The Emotional Side of Learning a New Language12
BOOKSHELF: Kappan authors on their favorite reads12
Career Confidential: Teacher wants to motivate an apathetic student11
Backtalk: Teaching historical reasoning helps democracy thrive10
Conflict-competent leadership10
Browsing: Further thoughts on this month’s theme9
EDITOR’S NOTE: The future of education is bright9
Policy Solutions: Reimagining assessment to be accountable to the student9
On Leadership: A solid transition process helps new leaders chart a clear course forward8
Career Confidential: Veteran educator wonders, ‘Is it too late to start over?’8
Career Confidential: Staff members are rude to principal when they dislike his decisions8
Key lessons from research about project-based teaching and learning8
How do we teach honesty in a dishonest world?8
Motivating adolescents to read7
Policy Solutions: Should superintendents be elected?7
Under The Law: Oklahoma!7
Authentic student voice at the board table: A conversation with Jennifer Tran of the National Student Board Member Association6
Accountability for long-term English learners6
POLL POINTS: Broad support for workforce preparation6
Bookshelf: Kappan authors on their favorite reads6
Public opinion and the teaching profession5
Measuring the Quality of the Teacher Workforce5
Leadership communities for teacher retention5
BOOSTing new teacher success5
Leading for mindfulness5
The magic of seeing yourself in books5
Career Confidential: Principal lets students get away with too much5
The importance of early literacy screening5
Learning with Leaders: Education is the way: Tony Thurmond5
CAREER CONFIDENTIAL: How to encourage students to reflect and self-assess5
PDK POLL POINTS: Is there eroding confidence in America’s public schools?5
STUDENT VOICE: Will future teachers use AI in the classroom?5
Policy Solutions: What should we make of book bans?4
Stressed, tired, and yearning for support4
What middle schoolers need: Respect, accountability, and grace4
The Editor’s Note: Stepping outside the little boxes4
Empowering educators through team-based staffing models4
Artistic License: Celebrating the talents of students and educators4
The Editor’s Note: The work of leaders4
THE EDITOR’S NOTE: Math, mindset, and identity4
Leading through crisis4
Under the Law: School accountability: Lessons from the courts4
PDK CONNECTION: Thanks to our Educators Rising Champions3
Backtalk: The harm in assessment-backward practices3
BACKTALK: Examining the concept of balance with instructional technology3
The rural teacher shortage3
Letting go of what doesn’t work in education: A conversation with Rick Ginsberg and Yong Zhao3
The Editor’s Note: No easy answers on safety3
Building a bilingual teacher pathway3
Taking a LEAP toward community-engaged leadership3
The State Playbook for Teacher Recruitment, Development, and Retention3
The Editor’s Note: Chasing what matters3
The translanguaging school3
Resisting racism in school3
Poll Points: Digging deeper into 2023 PDK Poll results3
The Expectations and Aspirations of the Gen Z Education Student3
The rise and stall of standards-based reform3
Career Confidential: Teacher wants to support students with test anxiety3
Career Confidential: Teacher distracted by ‘loud’ classroom next door3
Reframing trauma-informed practices2
Career Confidential: Teacher frustrated district ‘undervalues’ the arts2
Under the Law: Is there a sports advantage in suburbia?2
Designing teacher leadership for school improvement2
An AI wishlist from school leaders2
A Habits of Mind Culture Promotes Teacher Growth and Change2
PDK Connection: Organizational news about PDK International2
PDK Connection: Heritage News2
PDK CONNECTION: From the CEO: Dreaming of Summer2
Helping students be ‘happier and less worried’: A conversation with Elizabeth Englander2
The Editor’s Note: There’s opportunity in the middle2
Putting evidence on CTE to work2
What do adults know about public education?2
Creating a space for regulation and reflection2
Local success in the standards era2
BACKTALK: Finding the sweet spot between curriculum fidelity and teacher agency2
Using diagnostic assessments to improve data use2
Five key questions educators ask about SEL2
First Person: Lamenting Earl — and other chronically absent students2
Industry-recognized certifications for college- and career-readiness2
Career Confidential: Teaching assistant won’t address unwanted behaviors2
Employing School Librarians: What Decision-Makers Tell Us2
Career Confidential: Teacher overheard students complain about his breath2
Reimagining the teaching profession — with teachers and students together2
Career Confidential: Parents blaming teacher for child’s misbehavior2
Structures for continuous improvement in principal preparation2
Career Confidential: Teacher wants to motivate an apathetic student2
Helping Next-Gen Educators Cross the Teaching Tightrope2
Fostering student agency to transform education2
Learning with Leaders: Partnering for innovation and growth: Shaun Nelms2
Under The Law: The Israel-Hamas war and U.S. classrooms2
First Person: The Happy Farm: Igniting the flame of knowledge in children2
Clearing up misconceptions about project-based learning2
Special feature: Inside the Educators Rising Curriculum: Flexibility, purpose, and a pathway to teaching1
Collaborative deliberation in the classroom1
Bookshelf: Kappan authors on their favorite reads1
On Leadership: What should students learn?1
On Leadership: Expectations and exceptions1
TEACHERS AS LEADERS: A conversation with Oregon Teacher of the Year1
PDK Connection - Heritage News1
Evolving demands on teachers1
Four years, no fluency1
Poll Points: Public priorities for education1
On Leadership: Getting the community on the path toward equity1
Students Speak Up: Supporting students who are learning English1
Collaborate with generative AI to improve classroom assessments1
Keeping the Vietnamese language alive1
School safety for all students1
Time well spent? Teacher perspectives on time-saving reforms1
Students Speak Up: Identifying good teachers1
Lessons from the early literacy tutoring landscape1
CAREER CONFIDENTIAL: Helping new teachers succeed1
Policy Solutions: Was the LeBron James school a false promise?1
Addressing inconsistencies in grading practices1
BACKTALK: The caring teacher paradox1
Equity-centered school leaders1
BROWSING: Further thoughts on this month’s theme1
Students Speak Up: What future educators want1
Poll Points: Education and the election1
How Coaches Get In1
First Person: Lessons in obedience — and resistance1
Policy Solutions: The case for sensory civics education1
Bookshelf: Kappan authors on their favorite reads1
Policy Solutions: It’s more than money: Supporting the Black school1
Educator resistance to curricular control1
Under The Law: The legal fight to preserve public education — and democracy1
Learning with Leaders: Bringing the village together: John B. Gordon III1
Under The Law: The incredibly shrinking zone of teacher free speech1
Students Speak Up: Why come to school?1
Can artificial intelligence spark an education Renaissance?1
A new North Star1
Engaging, motivating, and supporting students through feedback1
PDK Poll of Public’s Attitudes Toward Public Schools: Local public school ratings rise, even as the teaching profession loses ground1
Under The Law: Recent developments in the quest for racial diversity in K-12 schools1
Helping students to learn and grow1
Connecting the dots between rigor and learning1
Students Speak Up: How can schools help prepare students for careers?1
A reading board for literacy justice1
Students Speak Up: How students are learning to lead1
Poll Points: Who should influence what’s taught?1
Students Speak Up: The changes students want1
First Person: How I gamified my classroom1
Under the Law: Virtually an education1
Students Speak Up: How teachers can help middle schoolers1
Professional development for the science of reading1
Sustaining the Special Education Workforce: Gen Z Edition1
How a university and a school district made change together1
‘It does happen here’1
What does effective high-quality preschool curriculum look like?1
Career Confidential: Teacher is losing patience with misbehaving students1
Thinking through research and the science of reading1
BOOKSHELF: Kappan authors on their favorite reads Mindset: The New Psychology of SuccessBy DweckCarol S. (Ballantine Books, 2006)1
Gifted education advances school integration and equity1
Why teachers stay: Lessons from high-retention districts1
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