Category: Education
These Hilarious Teacher BFFs Turn Everything Into a Two-Person Job
How can they keep a straight face? How can they keep a straight face? Humor, Positive School Culture We Are Teachers
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What data is necessary to help students succeed?
Key points: The right guidance sets students up for successful lifelong learning Igniting student curiosity through career exploration 10 ways to teach students for a changing world For more news on college and career readiness, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub In education, the quality and type of feedback students receive can significantly influence their academic…
Trump’s Approach To Housing Challenge Is Reflective Of How Many Think About Education Problems: Point To Simple & Inaccurate Causes
When reading the recent NY Times column, Plan Beats No Plan, I was struck by how similar Donald Trump’s thinking is reflective of how many think about education problems: Why deal with the real causes when it’s so much easier to affix the blame to other reasons? In schools: Many often blame teachers for…
“13 Ways Educators Get Culturally Responsive Teaching Wrong”
13 Ways Educators Get Culturally Responsive Teaching Wrong is the headline of one of my recent Education Week columns. Some teachers believe adding a few culturally relevant texts or activities to the existing curricula is sufficient. It’s not. Here are some excerpts: 13 Ways Educators Get Culturally Responsive Teaching Wrong is the headline of one…
You Can Now Pre-Order “The ELL Teacher’s Toolbox 2.0”
You can now pre-order the second edition of the ELL Teacher’s Toolbox (titled The ELL Teacher’s Toolbox 2.0) on Amazon. The site says the publication date is next March. However, we submitted the manuscript early, so I suspect (though am not at all sure) that it will be out earlier. All old chapters have…
Community in the Classroom
Personal connections lead to success. As educators, it is our responsibility to make space in our classrooms for all students to feel welcomed and encouraged to be a part of our community. Danielle De La Mare, a former educator, and the creator of the “Self-Compassionate Professor Podcast,” said in a recent interview that “we all…
No One Is Going To Be Surprised That Research Finds ChatGPT Use Can Hurt Student Learning, But Study Misses Huge Point
Jill Barshay at The Hechinger Report has shown again why she is the THE person to read to keep up on education research. She’s just posted Kids who use ChatGPT as a study assistant do worse on tests, about a big new study about students using AI (the study is NOT behind a paywall)….
$11 Million To Support Multilingualism in Schools
The U.S. Department of Education has allocated over $11 million in grants to support the recruitment and retention of bilingual and multilingual educators, and provide high quality programming to Native students in an effort to strengthen and revitalize Native American languages. “Being multilingual is a superpower—a powerful asset that can connect students to their identity…