Two years after Universal ESA funding was introduced in Arizona, Phoenix has one of the most interesting and diverse portfolios of microschools in the country. They include district, charter, private schools, and homeschool cooperatives and are located in public schools, on college campuses, in storefronts, and in homes. They are all highly personalized and offer…
Many American students face a strange punishment for missing school: losing more class time. Educators nationwide regularly turn to suspension as a response to attendance problems, according to a Hechinger Report review of data from a dozen states that track this information. Between 2017-18 and 2021-22, school districts in those states cited attendance-related violations as…
5 Simple Teacher Moves With Big-Time Payoffs is the headline of one of my latest Education Week columns. Giving students time to reflect is like clicking save. If teachers don’t do it, students lose their work and evolved understanding. Here are some excerpts: 5 Simple Teacher Moves With Big-Time Payoffs is the headline of one…
During his time at the Toyota Motor Company, Taiichi Ohno developed a tool for root cause analysis, the technique we know as the five whys. According to Ohno (1988), “By asking why five times and answering it each time, we can get to the real cause of the problem, which is often hidden behind more…
Senate Democrats Seek More Money for Pell Grants Katherine Knott Mon, 05/20/2024 – 03:00 AM Byline(s) Katherine Knott Senate Democrats Seek More Money for Pell Grants Katherine Knott Mon, 05/20/2024 – 03:00 AM Byline(s) Katherine Knott Inside Higher Ed
Ivannia Soto was an exemplary scholar-practitioner. Her scholarly contributions are impressive and include 14 published books, but perhaps even more impressive was her dedication to K–12 practitioners and the children they serve. From her early professional experiences as a classroom teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District to her more recent work as a…
Nineteen Protesters Taken Into Police Custody at Penn sara.custer@in… Mon, 05/20/2024 – 03:00 AM Byline(s) Sara Custer Nineteen Protesters Taken Into Police Custody at Penn sara.custer@in… Mon, 05/20/2024 – 03:00 AM Byline(s) Sara Custer Inside Higher Ed
geralt / Pixabay At least, for now, I’m going to make this a weekly feature which will highlight additions to THE BEST NEW – & FREE – ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS THAT COULD BE USED IN THE CLASSROOM. Here are the latest: Aboard uses AI to organize…everything? Does Learning to Be a Good Writer Still…
Improving on Our Approaches to Workplace Mental Health: Academic Minute Doug Lederman Mon, 05/20/2024 – 03:00 AM Byline(s) Doug Lederman Improving on Our Approaches to Workplace Mental Health: Academic Minute Doug Lederman Mon, 05/20/2024 – 03:00 AM Byline(s) Doug Lederman Inside Higher Ed
(I’m republishing posts on my My All-Time Favorite Posts list. This one appeared in 2011. You can see them all here) OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay The New York Times has a fascinating article today about Lincoln and The Mormons. It explains that he basically made a deal to leave them alone and they left him…