As a new school year begins, teachers and leaders are already planning intervention support for students who are not currently meeting grade-level math standards. Rather than defaulting to traditional remediation practices that have produced disappointing results and failed to position students for future success, let’s
“Collaborator” is a powerful word in education circles that a growing number of teachers use to describe themselves. From speaking to many of you, we know that strong collaborative relationships between educators are needed to support student success. More specifically, collaboration on behalf of multilingual
As the summer winds down and school doors reopen for returning educators at a steady pace, there may be scarcely a hint of difference in the range of emotion experienced by teachers as by students themselves: excitement, wonder, anxiety, anticipation, uncertainty, confidence, and even doubt. For
With the rapid development of artificial intelligence, AI tools have found a place in education-- whether welcome or not. This rapid integration and use by teachers and students has brought with it widespread concern around plagiarism and cheating. In fact, a district director of technology
Peering through a magnifying glass, Cai compares the seashell in his hand to the others on the table. Across the room, the clatter of collapsing plastic cups rings out; yet Sylvia and Bella remain undeterred as they rebuild their structure. In Mr. Park’s classroom, STEAM-related
What’s measured matters. So why, in the world of school-based initiatives, isn’t measuring our efforts and impact the regular and requisite element of practice it should be? I’ve seen amazing programs over the course of my initiative adventures. And I’ve evaluated a fair number that proved
The United States’ social and cultural journey toward desegregation has always centered on removing and preventing segregation by changing systems. A simultaneous need for the US has also been to desegregate the individual from the racial hierarchy that permitted systems of segregation. More specifically, desegregating
Even though fantasy is a genre that students love to write in, they rarely get the opportunity to write fantasy stories in school. It’s time to disrupt the status quo in writing instruction and raise fantasy writing to the status of a “must write” genre
The post-pandemic reality is that students have lost faith in themselves as capable learners. Many didn’t return to school and we currently face a storm of chronic absenteeism, high dropout rates, and frequent emotional crises among teens. Far too many students are giving up and
Reflections on the Visible Learning Journey for Greenfield Exempted Schools, Ohio Educators are constantly looking for the right formula that helps their students learn and thrive in the classroom. With so many different techniques and strategies, how do you know what will work best for your