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 might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES ON INSTRUCTION IN 2022 – PART ONE. Here are this week’s picks: “Every time I teach math in a way…
A new poll just found that sixty percent of Americans wouldn’t support their children becoming teachers. Another recent survey found that more than half of present teachers say the same. That’s not a pretty picture for the future. Perhaps policymakers should consider the long-term impact of this reluctance, and back-off from banning books, stopping…
Al Jazeera has created an interactive titled Visualising the global flow of 35 million refugees. Additional info and infographics accompany the interactive, all documenting this year’s refugee crisis. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About World Refugee Day. Al Jazeera has created an interactive titled Visualising the global flow of…
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BOSTON — Adaptive learning company HMH today announced the launch of HMH Coachly, an innovative service that provides educators with unlimited access to dedicated instructional coaches. As new school years begin across the country, Coachly is set to change how educators engage with and benefit from professional learning with personalized, on-demand one-on-one support from a highly trained coach. Coaches offer…
hoahoa111 / Pixabay I Paid My Child $100 to Read a Book is the headline of a column in today’s NY Times. The writer talks about a very real challenge that parents and teachers have – engaging reluctant readers. The writer decides, as a last ditch effort, to pay her daughter $100 to read…
Labeling a book “great” is a matter of opinion, but when you pile together the opinion of 13 other book-loving folks, you start to get somewhere close to credibility. Alistofbooks.com compiles 13 lists of the greatest books ever published, using contributions from individuals and organizations ranging from The Harvard Book Store to the BBC. Below,…
Key points: School-based health centers can foster supportive environments for children with unique needs like ADHD Leveraging AI to help special education teachers Here’s how schools can better support neurodiverse students For more news on unique student needs, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub It’s officially back-to-school time, where ideas are nurtured, knowledge and curiosity thrive,…
Does AI actually help students learn? A recent experiment in a high school provides a cautionary tale. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found that Turkish high school students who had access to ChatGPT while doing practice math problems did worse on a math test compared with students who didn’t have access to ChatGPT. Those…
Does AI actually help students learn? A recent experiment in a high school provides a cautionary tale. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found that Turkish high school students who had access to ChatGPT while doing practice math problems did worse on a math test compared with students who didn’t have access to ChatGPT. Those…