Four Essentials for Mastering Academic Language With ELLs and SELs
All students can benefit from academic language development modeling, scaffolding, and practice, but ELLs and standard English learners (SELs) need it...
All students can benefit from academic language development modeling, scaffolding, and practice, but ELLs and standard English learners (SELs) need it...
The summer may be drawing to a close, but you still have some time to catch up on new ideas or refresh yourself on the things you can do to start the...
Kevin Agtarap is a third grade teacher at Ka’imiloa Elementary School, a K-6 school on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. When Ka’imiloa embarked on th...
John Hattie’s research over the past few decades has provided educators with some tremendous insight on what truly impacts students’ learning. Bas...
What is your goal? This is a question I pose to teachers whenever they ask my advice about a lesson or when I am trying to find out more about what’...
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) mentions the phrase “Universal Design for Learning” (UDL) four times, citing it as a way of ensuring student...
Walk into almost any classroom and you’ll observe teachers asking questions, calling on students who raise their hands, and evaluating the responden...
Well the school year might be over but school is still on my mind. As summer seeps into our families, thoughts of next year’s classes and teachers...
When should kids get their first cell phones? How can I keep kids safe as they use the internet? How much screen time is too much? These are just some...
A few years ago, I recall walking past the door of our school makerspace and noticing a crowd of kids surrounding a table. Inside a group of 5th and 6...