Education

Want To Help Teachers Grow? 5 Tips To Be A Better Facilitator by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD So you want to be a facilitator? A few weeks ago as I was wrapping up an Inquiry Workshop with a really fun and great…

SWOON: Girl With Prosthetic Leg Runs With Classmates by Terry Heick I'm sure there's a story here. Names, cities, dates--a full backstory that would make it even more uplifting and heart-warming. But as I began to research…

American Classical School In Nigeria Seeks 'Founding Leader' contributed by Flo Falayi AMERICAN CLASSICAL SCHOOL IS LOOKING FOR AN INSTRUCTIONAL-LEADER AND PEOPLE-DEVELOPER TO BECOME THE FOUNDING HEAD OF OUR FLAGSHIP SCHOOL IN…

Thermonuclear Art: 30 Minutes Of Solar Flares At 4K Resolution by TeachThought Staff NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory is one of the less well-known NASA resources. SDO is "the first mission to be launched for NASA's Living…

There Is A Novel About Peer Teaching. This Is An Excerpt by TeachThought Staff Ed note: The following is excerpted from 'Call Me Mary," an upcoming novel by educator Evelyn Cole that dramatizes peer teaching. We all went to the…

'With-It' Teacher Pranks Students With Spelling Quiz by TeachThought Staff While education is a serious endeavor, that doesn't mean we can't--at times--take ourselves too seriously. Which is what makes the following story…

25 Of The Most Important Books About Racism & Being Black In America by Ashley McCann Because of the complex and often ugly history of slavery and racism in the United States, discussions in and around race are, to put it lightly,…

Multilingual Global Platform For Teachers Seeks To Respond To Globalization by Roy Pope, edguru Globalization refers to the unification of markets and elimination of trade barriers between countries to encourage free trade and…

But Who's Going To Save The Bully? by Lisa Currie, Ripple Kindness Project Bully. It's an ugly word because it involves ugly actions. This little word can stir the strongest emotions in people from all walks of life. Why,…

'The Freelancer's Manifesto' Is Something Every Student Should Know by Terry Heick Someone once told me--and I wish I could remember who--that to either build my dreams, or that someone would pay me to build theirs, and few things…

7 Characteristics of Great Professional Development by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought Professional Development As the end of the school year draws to a close, administrators start pulling together their PD plans for the…

Maybe Testing Isn't The Problem After All by Jessica Moore, 5th Grade Teacher After four years and hundreds of millions of federal Race to the Top dollars spent creating the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness…

The Next Big Thing In Education Probably Isn't by Terry Heick It's pretty clear--and frustrating--that in lieu of the incredible effort and expertise of teachers, and billions of dollars spent by departments of education globally,…

A Teacher Writes A Brutally Honest Letter To Parents & Politicians by TeachThought Staff In an Open Letter to Oklahoma Voters and Lawmakers that's been getting some national press, Oklahoma teacher Steven Wedel made a plea for…

The Problem With Evidence-Led Innovation by Conrad Wolfram, Computer-Based Math Ed note: TeachThought is ecstatic to announce that Conrad Wolfram (of Wolfram Knowledge Engine and Computer-Based Math acclaim) will be publishing…

How Much Longer Will 'School' Be Relevant? by Terry Heick As millenials transition from reddit to the workforce, there is a growing civic discontent over the economic chemistry of our nation. While America has long a…

UPDATE: Some readers have asked to read the post, so we've included a link to it off-site if you'd like to read it. Ed note: After dozens of comments (not all got published) and even half a dozen emails today alone, this post has…