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?
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23 Books To Teach Diversity To Elementary & Middle School Students
Literature is a wonderful vehicle for illustrating empathy and diversity in a human, personal, and lasting way.
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New Law Designed To Inspire Female Students To Become Astronauts
(Sec. 4) NASA shall submit to Congress a specified plan to engage with K-12 female STEM students and inspire the next generation of women to consider participating in STEM fields and to pursue careers in aerospace.
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Unique Literacy Apps Created For War-Affected Syrian Children
EduApp4Syria is a challenge to create apps that can build literacy skills in Arabic and improve well-being for Syrian children ages 5-10.
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Documentary: “Decades of fixing schools has not shaken poverty’s hold.”
Documentary: “Decades of fixing schools has not shaken poverty’s hold.” by TeachThought Staff From a press release CHICAGO (Jan. 12, 2017) – The View from Room 205 is a one-hour documentary that takes an unflinching look at the intersection of poverty and education in the United States. WBEZ Chicago is releasing the documentary on Martin…
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Low Cost Educational Tools Can Be Useful, Too
Low Cost Educational Tools Can Be Useful, Too contributed by Catherine Wilson At the beginning of every school year, teachers and administrators are often faced with a significant task: Do more with less. Few areas demonstrate that better than financials. Every year is a new time to carefully balance a classroom budget and potentially even…
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ACT: 1 In 10 African Americans ‘Strongly College Ready’
While 49% of white students achieved “college ready” status, only 11%of African American students earned that same level.
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How The WE CAN Project Touched My Students
How The WE CAN Project Touched My Students by Kristen LaScola My name is Kristen LaScola, and I am a 3rd grade teacher at Hudson City Schools in Hudson, Ohio. I first came across Jesse Ruben when a family member sent me one of Jesse’s most inspirational songs, “We Can.” Being a musician myself, I…
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Black Minds Matter: Report Details Continued Inequity In Education
Report Details Continued Inequity In Education by TeachThought Staff From a press release OAKLAND, CA (October 28, 2015) The Education Trust – West today released “Black Minds Matter: Supporting the Educational Success of Black Children in California,” which examines how the nearly 1 million Black youth in California are faring from preschool through college and…
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Transgender Teacher? That’s Me
Within a few days, the superintendent informed the school board of my plan in closed session, and held meetings to create a plan of action.
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One Teacher In Ten: My Experience As An LGBT Educator
One Teacher In Ten: My Experience As An LGBT Educator by Brett Bigham When I wrote my essay for One Teacher in Ten in the New Millennium I was at a crossroads in my life and career. I was six months into being Oregon’s Teacher of the Year and I was under order from my…
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40 Important STEM Resources For Women
Although the American Association of University Women focuses on all of academia, closing the gender gap in STEM remains a priority.
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Teaching African American Students Through Parallel Inquiry
Teaching African American students starts with you. Through critical and parallel inquiry, you can help African American students find their own answers.
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Blackalicious Offers A Dizzying Definition Of Alliteration
Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of a sequence of words: Sally and her seashells, Peter and his peppers.
