Category: Education

Key points: Connecting STEM to literacy begins with an engaging topic that leads to questions Using robots to teach creativity, collaboration, and self-confidence 5 ways we used our literacy platforms to engage students For more news on STEM trends, visit eSN’s STEM & STEAM hub As a former middle school math teacher, I’ve witnessed firsthand…

Join eSchool News for the 12 Days of Edtech with 2024’s most-read and most-loved stories. On the 4th Day of Edtech, our story focuses on information literacy and AI. Key points: Information literacy skills can help students navigate the array of disinformation scenarios in the digital world 5 news literacy resources for students Adding AI to your…

America’s education system was a groundbreaking effort to help a growing nation thrive in the 19th century. Now, 200 years later, the world has changed; the horizon looks drastically different. Collectively, we need to redesign our education system to enable all of our children — and, by extension, our nation — to thrive today and…

2025 will be a year of hyperchange and navigating in the gray. New technology boasts more opportunity and more risk than ever before. Education leaders are called to create environments alive with possibility and safe from harm. Easy right?  The speed of AI capability improvement makes 2025 the biggest value creation opportunity in history and,…

Fresh air, mindful moments, happier students. Fresh air, mindful moments, happier students. Classroom Ideas, Healthy Students, Motivating Students, Teacher Health & Wellness We Are Teachers

beasternchen / Pixabay   I don’t use AI in any of my writing (except for with student letters of recommendation, and I’ll soon write a post sharing my recently revised process for doing so). I do share basic guidelines to my IB Theory of Knowledge students about using it, though the vast majority choose not…

How to Deal With Offensive Language in Literature for the Classroom is the headline for one of my recent Ed Week columns. Don’t ignore texts because of derogatory or inaccurate information. Use them instead to teach critical thinking. Here are some excerpts:  How to Deal With Offensive Language in Literature for the Classroom is the…

  As regular readers know, I’ve been doing the Classroom Q&A column over at Education Week for thirteen years. And I plan to continue doing it for quite a few more years. I have so many contributors now, though, that there really isn’t space there for my annual thematic compilation posts, where I collect links…

Peggy_Marco / Pixabay   I’ve been adding more and more important resources to The Best Resources To Support Schools, Teachers, Students & Families In The Face Of Trump’s Deportation Threats. Next year is not looking pretty…..    I’ve been adding more and more important resources to The Best Resources To Support Schools, Teachers, Students &…