How To Be Happy: 25 Things That Happy People Do
Is happiness something that can be caused, or is it primarily the result of a genetic sequence that can only be adjusted in small degrees?
Author: Terrell Heick
Founder & Director of TeachThought
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TeachThought Library: 10 Learning Models & Frameworks
TeachThought Library: 10 Learning Models & Frameworks by TeachThought Staff For professional development around these ideas, contact us. As with any publication, blogs and websites are only as thoughtful as their design. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, no matter how “good” the content is, it’s useless. And sometimes you don’t even know what…
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20 Questions Parents Should Ask Teachers About Their Child’s Education
One of the most significant challenges facing formal education in the United States is the chasm separating schools and communities.
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What To Tell Students You’ll Never See Again
Teaching binds teacher and student together even if that binding isn’t made in mutual affection. To teach and learn is to come together.
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Grant Wiggins, Champion Of Understanding
As an educator, Grant Wiggins was able to deftly balance the trivium of education improvement–thought, research, and tools teachers can use.
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What Does College Ready Really Mean, Anyway?
What Does “College Ready” Really Mean, Anyway? by Terry Heick Yesterday, I was talking to my 14 year old daughter yesterday about the kinds of skills that translate to academic success. I also actually used the sterile phrase “academic success.” This was an important distinction, as she’s home-schooled (another term I dislike) and learns through…
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#Iwishmyteacherknew Examples Revealing All Around
#Iwishmyteacherknew Examples Revealing All Around by TeachThought Staff Kyle Schwartz teaches third grade at Doull Elementary in Colorado. By now, you’ve likely heard of her–or at least one of her ideas, #Iwishmyteacherknew. Every now and then, there’s an “Education” story that the masses take notice of–standardized testing, Michelle Rhee, Waiting for Superman, the flipped classroom, the…
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‘The Want Of Peace’ By Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry laments his “lack of simple things” in ‘The Want of Peace,’ asking about our collective trade–“selling the world to buy fire.”
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Redefining What It Means To Be Human In The Absence Of The Humanities
We increasingly need the humanities because technology requires us to know what information we need and the kinds of questions we should ask.
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Hip-Hop University: Tennessee By Arrested Development
Tennessee By Arrested Development (Hip-Hop University) by TeachThought Staff Hip-Hop University: Tennessee By Arrested Development Lyrics Lord I’ve really been real stressedDown and out, losin’ groundAlthough I am black and proudProblems got me pessimistic Brothers and sisters keep messin’ upWhy does it have to be so damn tough?I don’t know where I can goTo let…
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When Teaching Makes You Cry
There’s something about teaching that makes you cry. Joy. Feeling overwhelmed. Breakthroughs. Failures. There’s a lot going on in any moment.
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25 Random Thoughts About Teaching & Learning
25 Random Thoughts About Teaching & Learning by Terry Heick The picture? It’s Spring, and I missed the sun. On to the random thoughts… That #makered is as much a tone as it is a trend. Every school and district needs a “Chief Change Officer.” That “screen time” may be an under-studied phenomenon worthy of…
