Category: Education
43 back-to-school predictions for the 2024-2025 year
Key points: What priorities will be a focal point in the new school year? How 5 educators use digital tools in the classroom Stop using AI to replicate outdated teaching–get creative, instead For more news on edtech priorities, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Back-to-school season comes with highs and lows, and along with those mixed…
110 Inspiring Mindfulness Quotes for Everyday Life
Live in the present. Live in the present. Classroom Ideas, Mindfulness, Motivational Quotes We Are Teachers
How to Get Kids Thinking Instead of Mimicking in Math Class
View the full episode transcript. In many math classes, students are ready to bolt as soon as the bell rings. Not in Staci Durnin’s room. “A lot of times I hear kids say, ‘that was two periods of math already?’ And you know, when I hear that, it just makes me so happy,” said Durnin,…
How To Use the RACE Writing Strategy (Plus Free Printables)
Plus, how is the RACES writing strategy different? Plus, how is the RACES writing strategy different? Free Printables, Graphic Organizer, Writing We Are Teachers
Classroom Deal of the Day: Save 20% Off Your First Fix From Stitch Fix
“All of the items were multi-seasonal, and all work for my job as a busy teacher.” “All of the items were multi-seasonal, and all work for my job as a busy teacher.” Deals & Shopping, Teacher Fashion We Are Teachers
Making Learning Relevant to Students’ Lives and Communities
By Josh Schachter and Melinda Englert When 80 middle school students from Billy L. Lauffer Middle School, a Title I school in southeast Tucson, hopped off the bus at the University of Arizona, it was not for an ordinary field trip. Despite living just 10 miles away, for many students, this was their first time…
More gifted students need accelerated paths
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. I went to high school at age 11. Within two years, I had run out of math and Spanish classes there, so I walked from my public school campus to nearby Lewis and Clark College to study differential equations, symbolic logic,…
“Student Identity Is Complex. Here’s How to Honor It”
Student Identity Is Complex. Here’s How to Honor It is my latest Education Week column. There are practices to help students, their families, and teachers develop a regard for themselves, each other, and the human experience. Here are some excerpts: Student Identity Is Complex. Here’s How to Honor It is my latest Education Week column….
My Best Posts That Appeared In August
I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see older Best Posts of the Month at Websites Of The Month (more recent lists can be found here). You can also see my all-time…