Elijah Gregory had overcome a lot by the time he arrived at North Central Texas College in Flower Mound as a freshman at 19. He had contended with physical health issues, depression and anxiety. He had lost a parent to addiction. And he’d struggled to finish high school. So he was proud to achieve the…
Key points: The pandemic sharpened the focus on students and what drives academic growth The pandemic’s lasting impact on young students Pandemic-related science losses hit underrepresented groups harder For more news on the pandemic’s impact on students, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub Five years ago this month, the World Health Organization officially labeled COVID-19 as…
If you arrive in Newport, Rhode Island via the long bridges from the mainland that stretch across Narragansett Bay, you are immediately faced with a choice: Head south, and you’ll find the legendary mansions of the Gilded Age—massive marble palaces that were once the summer playgrounds of a bygone era’s titans of industry. You’ll see the…
Key points: Schools face a shortage of specialists who work with students with autism In Wyoming, enhancing AI-human collaboration in IEP development Special education staffing shortages put students’ futures at risk For more news on students with autism, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub The number of children diagnosed with developmental disabilities is on the rise,…
(I’m republishing my best posts from the second half of 2024. You can see the entire list of them here) geralt / Pixabay At the end of last school year, I posted 6 Changes I Want To Make Next School Year In My ELL Newcomers Class. Among them was this one: Develop a…
Each week, I publish a post or two containing three or four particularly useful resources on classroom instruction, and you can see them all here. You can also see all my “Best” lists on instructional strategies here. Here are this week’s picks: 5 Steps to Leveraging Background Knowledge in Lessons is from Edutopia. I’m adding…
Every two months, I reprint this post so that new subscribers learn about these resources. I have many free resources, including excerpts and student hand-outs, available from all “my” books (“my” is quotation marks because several are ones I have co-authored or edited). Clicking on the covers will lead you to them. Two of…
Outspoken Fascism Scholars Leave Yale for Canada Ryan Quinn Wed, 03/26/2025 – 06:34 PM Jason Stanley, decrying Columbia University’s capitulation to the federal government, is leaving for the University of Toronto. So is Marci Shore, who said she fears “civil war.” Timothy Snyder says his motivations were largely personal. Byline(s) Ryan Quinn Outspoken Fascism Scholars…
Cognitive dissonance is the psychological discomfort that arises when an individual encounters a conflict between what they believe and how they behave, or between two competing beliefs. Source Cognitive dissonance is the psychological discomfort that arises when an individual encounters a conflict between what they believe and how they behave, or between two competing beliefs….
On Wednesday, the Trump administration requested the Supreme Court to permit the freezing of millions in state grants intended to address teacher shortages, citing concerns that the funds were being used for diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. “This case exemplifies a flood of recent suits that raise the question: ‘Does a single district-court judge who…