It’s a problem as old as teaching itself: “What is a good story for my students to read and discuss?” There are tried and true stories out there, but, when we are looking for something fresh, we teachers don’t want to comb through websites and
Promoting Wellness and Mental Health Through the “Three I’s” Educators are under increasing pressure in the post-COVID world to show performance gains The threat of violence in schools at any time is real. Controversies about books and curriculum strain the fragile bonds of the community,
Remember when you drew your first picture to share as a greeting to a loved one? This is often when one’s first understanding of written communication is initiated. It’s a beginning writing experience of most that, with instruction, grows into one’s conception of the five-paragraph
With the school year well underway, many of us want to modify the language education programming we are providing multilingual learners [MLs]. One reason we want to do this is to ensure that we are following state and federal guidelines to identify MLs and determine
Understand the Importance of Critical Media Literacy for Students By Katie Kelly, Lester Laminack, and Vivian Vasquez Global social media users increased from 970 million people in 2010 to 2.96 billion in 2020, according to Statista. Children are born into today’s world of increasing media use, where
Hi there, fellow educators! In the last two years many teachers around the world have begun to embark on the journey of building thinking classrooms (BTC) in mathematics and other subjects—inspired by the research and work of Dr. Peter Liljedahl in his book Building Thinking