Key points: Behavior in schools serves as a cornerstone for promoting equity and inclusion Leveraging student data to improve IEPs Transitioning to a workload approach in K-12 special education For more news on special education, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Educators today are trying to manage a new wave of student behavior, and it’s proving…
Reading Time: 2 minutes How can schools better support teachers in balancing their personal and professional roles? Most senior leaders often add caveats that they only agreed to flexible working for non-teaching staff or those without leadership responsibility (DfE, 2019) The above quote is taken from exploring flexible work practices schools (DfE, 2019) The switch…
How Do Restorative Practices Work? is the headline of one of recent Ed Week columns. Want to correct student misbehavior? Try restorative practices, not traditional punitive measures, which tend to reap more misbehavior. Here are some excerpts: How Do Restorative Practices Work? is the headline of one of recent Ed Week columns. Want to correct…
(Note: I am going to publish this same post regularly to remind regular readers and inform newer ones about how to access my “Best” lists) As regular readers know, I have about 2,200 categorized and regularly updated “Best” lists. You can find all of them in broad categories here. The link to that…
I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see older Best Posts of the Month at Websites Of The Month (more recent lists can be found here). You can also see my all-time…
Listen to the interview with Sarah Riggs Johnson and Nate Wolkenhauer: Sponsored by Studyo and Scholastic Magazines+ This post was co-written by Nate Wolkenhauer. This isn’t really about math. Well, it is, but you could apply it to any subject area. I teach in a small 6-12 independent school with my colleague and friend, Nate Wolkenhauer….
Summer is a great time to learn what YOU want to learn. This PD bingo choice board gives you LOTS of options! Summer is a time for rejuvenation and relaxation. It’s a time to focus on our lives outside of education and recharge. It is also the perfect opportunity to focus on ourselves both professionally and…
This post is written by Matt Armstrong, a 7th & 8th Grade Social Studies Teacher in Erie, IL. Matt strives to make history relevant and engaging for his students, and gamification is just one of the ways he tries to do so. You can reach out to him by email at marmstrong@ecusd.info or follow him on Twitter…
Starting this year, middle and high school students in Paraguay can learn Korean as a second foreign language subject, according to the Ministry of Education. Paraguay’s Ministry of Education announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with its Paraguayan counterpart officially adding the Korean language to its second foreign language list for schools. Amid…
By Anna Bergstrom and Bogdan Yamkovenko A randomized controlled trial (RCT) run by University of Toronto researcher Phil Oreopolous in partnership with Khan Academy showed positive learning gains for students whose teachers devoted time to practice on Khan Academy. Results from randomized control trial Results from a randomized controlled trial (RCT) run by University of…