‘The Wire’ Crushed Public Education And We Weren’t Paying Attention
When your day to day existence is in question, major cultural systems are failing and public education, as a system, has to be near the top of that list.
When School Is Nothing Like The World Students Live In
School Is Nothing Like The World Students Live In In 2020, the distinction between formal and informal learning is more crucial than ever. As a classroom teacher, this difference is an important distinction. Formal learning happens through strategic planning of learning experiences, often direct instruction from teachers. Teacher and school improvement is driven by the…
How My Students Organize Their Language Arts Binder
How Students Organize Their Language Arts Binders by Terry Heick For many humanities teachers, how you have students organize their class binders–or if you have them keep one at all–says a lot about how you view that content area. Like an architect’s drawing table or a painter’s palette, for a teacher of any humanities course–especially…
Stop Chasing Students And Lead Them Instead
Learning trends aren’t about preparation, but mitigation. We need to stop chasing students and start leading them, instead.
The Highest Result Of Education Is A Kind Of Tolerance
The full measure of education may be the ability not simply to tolerate, but accept their own limits, and the limits of those around them.
Education Is A System; Teaching Is An Action; Learning Is A Process
It’s ‘natural’ that there have always have been haves and have nots. Should a system of education work like nature?
What Is Net Neutrality & Why Are You Hearing About It Again?
Net neutrality is, put briefly, the idea that all digital content should be equally accessible by everyone.
What Might Happen If Robots Replace Teachers
Will robots replace teachers? Eventually. But maybe then teachers can then focus entirely on improving the lives of children.
What’s A Thematic Unit? A Way To Unify What You Teach
In math, a thematic unit could explore the relationship between math and video games. In Language Arts, it could about the language of social protest.
Cognitive Transfer: 14 Ways Students Can Transfer Knowledge
Understanding the value of information is the core of transfer. These categories include 14 ways students can transfer knowledge.
Why The Best Teachers Change Their Minds
If you’re changing your mind—about inquiry, the ideal lesson template, or the best audiences for project-based learning products—that means you’re growing.
50 Reasons It’s Time For Smartphones In Every Classroom
33. Students can have choice in terms of apps, platforms, social channels, assessment style, and so on. Smartphones can support this.
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