Category: Education
Links To All My Ed Week “Classroom Q&A” Posts On Professional Development
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…
All My Ed-Related End-Of-Year 2024 “Best” Lists In One Place!
I’ve still got several more to post, but here are links to all the end-of-year “Best” lists I’ve published so far. I’ll be adding the new ones here as they get published. The Best Social Emotional Learning Resources Of 2024 – Part Two The Best “Words Of The Year” Features For 2024 The Best…
Parents are quitting jobs, passing on raises — to qualify for child care
NEW YORK — To keep working, Amy Lee Funes desperately needed help paying for child care. Funes loved her job at a New York City-based child and family nonprofit, but she earned only $35,000 a year. In a city where child care can easily consume more than half of that, Funes was optimistic that she…
OPINION: Mental health screening tools, surveys and immediate referrals can help struggling college students recover and return to class
I work daily with students as an academic adviser. I have referred many of them to my college’s counseling and psychological services office and have helped multiple students withdraw from all their classes due to immediate mental health crises. Many students struggle with mental health so much that they feel they cannot stay in school….
Creating a Course Calendar that Aligns to the Rhythms of the Semester
This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on January 4, 2018 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! Do you have a system or standard process for prepping a course you’ve taught before? Where do you start? Early in my career, “one chapter per week” described…
We Are Providing Our Students Stewardship, Not a Service
We Are Providing Our Students Stewardship, Not a Service sara.custer@in… Sun, 12/15/2024 – 06:40 PM Describing students as “clients” ignores educators’ responsibility to make ethical decisions about their students. Byline(s) Letters to the Editor We Are Providing Our Students Stewardship, Not a Service sara.custer@in… Sun, 12/15/2024 – 06:40 PM Describing students as “clients” ignores educators’ responsibility…
Christmas Art Activities for Elementary Students
Hands of adult and kid painting wooden deer in redChristmas is a magical time of year, especially for young children who eagerly await the holiday season’s festivities. As a teacher, incorporating creative and engaging art activities into your classroom is a fantastic way to nurture the holiday spirit while helping your students explore their artistic…
Ed Tech Digest
Ten years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want to share, I began this occasional “Ed Tech Digest” post where I share three or four links I think are particularly useful and related to…ed tech, including some Web 2.0 apps. You might also be interested in checking…