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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
PDK Connection: Organizational news about PDK International44
Bookshelf: Kappan authors on their favorite reads21
Poll Points: Public opinion on AI in schools19
Career Confidential: Teacher wants to motivate an apathetic student17
Backtalk: Teaching historical reasoning helps democracy thrive16
Conflict-competent leadership15
Browsing: Further thoughts on this month’s theme15
Bookshelf: Kappan authors on their favorite reads14
Students Speak Up: What people should know about schools14
Policy Solutions: Reimagining assessment to be accountable to the student12
Key lessons from research about project-based teaching and learning11
Artistic License: Celebrating the talents of students and educators11
Building a bridge to the future: A conversation with 2024 National Teacher of the Year Missy Testerman11
POLICY SOLUTIONS: Should school board elections be partisan?11
Reimagining American Education: Possible Futures10
Career Confidential: Staff members are rude to principal when they dislike his decisions9
Policy Solutions: Should superintendents be elected?9
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
Accountability for long-term English learners8
On Leadership: A solid transition process helps new leaders chart a clear course forward8
Motivating adolescents to read8
How do we teach honesty in a dishonest world?8
Bookshelf: Kappan authors on their favorite reads7
POLL POINTS: Broad support for workforce preparation7
Under The Law: Oklahoma!7
Under the Law: Expanding access to preK and the legacy of Abbott v. Burke7
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
Leading for mindfulness6
On Leadership: The voices we need to hear6
Learning with Leaders: Education is the way: Tony Thurmond6
Taking stock of the science of reading: A conversation with Amanda Goodwin6
CAREER CONFIDENTIAL: How to encourage students to reflect and self-assess6
Career confidential: Principal ticked off about TikTok challenges6
Career confidential: Principal getting cyberbullied by parent6
Building a bilingual teacher pathway5
Creating a safe community: The transition project5
Backtalk: School boards and superintendents should work in concert5
Public opinion and the teaching profession5
Putting rural communities at the center: A conversation with Sky Marietta5
Leading through crisis5
A vision for teachers’ emotional well-being5
What middle schoolers need: Respect, accountability, and grace5
Backtalk: The harm in assessment-backward practices5
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 importance of early literacy screening4
Letting go of what doesn’t work in education: A conversation with Rick Ginsberg and Yong Zhao4
Reimagining American Education: Possible Futures4
Washington view: How have special education students fared during the pandemic?4
Artistic License: Celebrating the talents of students and educators4
Empowering educators through team-based staffing models4
Policy Solutions: What should we make of book bans?4
Taking a LEAP toward community-engaged leadership4
Career Confidential: Teacher wants to support students with test anxiety4
The Editor’s Note: Stepping outside the little boxes4
A Look Back: The ongoing special education debate in Kappan4
THE EDITOR’S NOTE: Math, mindset, and identity4
Stressed, tired, and yearning for support4
The dynamic tension at the core of the grammar of schooling4
The translanguaging school4
The promises and pitfalls of mandating racial equity in special education3
The rise and stall of standards-based reform3
How educational intermediaries connect research and practice3
Washington View: From conflict to cooperation: 9/11 Day3
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
The rural teacher shortage3
Creating a space for regulation and reflection3
The Editor’s Note: Chasing what matters3
The Editor’s Note: No easy answers on safety3
Backtalk: Universities aren’t teaching the finance skills that K-12 leaders need3
Resisting racism in school3
A broader conception of school choice3
Career Confidential: Teacher frustrated district ‘undervalues’ the arts2
Pdk Connection: Heritage News2
Under The Law: The Israel-Hamas war and U.S. classrooms2
Career Confidential: Teacher overheard students complain about his breath2
Fostering student agency to transform education2
Designing teacher leadership for school improvement2
Serving students with autism: Ensuring a place for applied behavior analysis2
The editor’s note: Time to invest in rural education2
Bookshelf: Kappan authors on their favorite reads2
Washington View: Is education reform dead?2
Putting evidence on CTE to work2
PDK Connection: Heritage News2
Backtalk: Preparing emotionally competent educators2
Using diagnostic assessments to improve data use2
BACKTALK: Finding the sweet spot between curriculum fidelity and teacher agency2
Learning with Leaders: Partnering for innovation and growth: Shaun Nelms2
What do adults know about public education?2
Reframing trauma-informed practices2
Helping students be ‘happier and less worried’: A conversation with Elizabeth Englander2
On Leadership: In equity efforts, which voices should be included — and excluded?2
Bookshelf: Kappan authors on their favorite reads2
Under the Law: Is there a sports advantage in suburbia?2
An AI wishlist from school leaders2
PDK Connection: Organizational news about PDK International2
Local success in the standards era2
Structures for continuous improvement in principal preparation2
Career Confidential: Parents blaming teacher for child’s misbehavior2
Under The Law: Recent developments in the quest for racial diversity in K-12 schools1
Learning with Leaders: Bringing the village together: John B. Gordon III1
Engaging, motivating, and supporting students through feedback1
Poll Points: Education and the election1
Industry-recognized certifications for college- and career-readiness1
Students Speak Up: How students are learning to lead1
The Editor’s Note: There’s opportunity in the middle1
How to ensure high-quality instructional coaching at scale1
Students Speak Up: Supporting students who are learning English1
Poll Points: Who should influence what’s taught?1
Equity-centered school leaders1
PDK Poll of Public’s Attitudes Toward Public Schools: Local public school ratings rise, even as the teaching profession loses ground1
Students Speak Up: How can schools help prepare students for careers?1
Policy Solutions: The case for sensory civics education1
Keeping the Vietnamese language alive1
On Leadership: What should students learn?1
White educators working with Black parents: Resistance and trust1
Poll Points: Public priorities for education1
On Leadership: Getting the community on the path toward equity1
First Person: Me and Mr. Milby1
Making sense of reading’s forever wars1
Addressing inconsistencies in grading practices1
Are evangelical Christians abandoning public schools?1
First Person: Lamenting Earl — and other chronically absent students1
School safety for all students1
Employing School Librarians: What Decision-Makers Tell Us1
Students Speak Up: What future educators want1
Career Confidential: Teaching assistant won’t address unwanted behaviors1
Bookshelf: Kappan authors on their favorite reads1
Backtalk: Harnessing the power of career changers to address teacher shortages1
How a university and a school district made change together1
Policy Solutions: Was the LeBron James school a false promise?1
Policy Solutions: It’s more than money: Supporting the Black school1
First Person: Lessons in obedience — and resistance1
On Leadership: Expectations and exceptions1
Collaborative deliberation in the classroom1
Thinking through research and the science of reading1
Students Speak Up: Identifying good teachers1
A new North Star1
Nurturing students through social interactions1
A new research base for rigorous project-based learning1
Reimagining American Education: Possible Futures1
Students Speak Up: Why come to school?1
Clearing up misconceptions about project-based learning1
Collaborate with generative AI to improve classroom assessments1
First Person: The Happy Farm: Igniting the flame of knowledge in children1
Career Confidential: Teacher wants to motivate an apathetic student1
A reading board for literacy justice1
Lessons from the early literacy tutoring landscape1
Artistic License: Celebrating the talents of students and educators1
Curriculum, conflict, and critical race theory1
The benefits of prekindergarten programs: Strong findings and open questions1
Gifted education advances school integration and equity1
Students Speak Up: How teachers can help middle schoolers1
Under The Law: The incredibly shrinking zone of teacher free speech1
Helping students to learn and grow1
Career Confidential: Teacher wants to feel more motivated1
Professional development for the science of reading1
Under The Law: Banning books: Unlawful censorship, or within a school’s discretion?1
Bookshelf: Kappan authors on their favorite reads1
Under the Law: Virtually an education1
‘It does happen here’1
PDK Connection - Heritage News1
Students Speak Up: The changes students want1
First Person: How I gamified my classroom1
Career Confidential: Teacher is losing patience with misbehaving students1
Under The Law: The legal fight to preserve public education — and democracy1
How Coaches Get In1
PDK connection: Organizational news about PDK International1
PDK CONNECTION: From the CEO: Dreaming of Summer1
Evolving demands on teachers1
Five key questions educators ask about SEL1
Democratic representation and charter school governance: The case of KIPP1
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