Poem From 10-Year-Old Dyslexic Student Emphasizes Power Of Perspective
At first, the poem comes off as self-critical–a child lacking confidence and worrying about their place. But then, read it backwards…
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An App To Help Students Practice Social Skills
The Say It Or Not app helps students 4+ to practice social skills, like what is ‘appropriate’ or not in certain social situations.
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Hey Everyone, Momo Is Not A Hoax
Here’s a topic that has gotten attention recently–attention I’m sure will die down and in a few weeks be an internet historical footnote.
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A Free Tool Kit From Harvard’s Project Zero
Here’s A Free Tool Kit From Harvard’s Project Zero To Incorporate Good Work Into Your Curriculum by Terry Heick Good work is central to TeachThought’s approach to teaching and learning. It’s part of the ethos of our Inside-Out School model and central to critical literacy. It’s also a recurring theme in Wendell Berry’s work (a Kentucky author who…
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“Teachers are everywhere. What is wanted is a learner.”
“There is finally the pride of thinking oneself without teachers. The teachers are everywhere. What is wanted is a learner.”
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If A YouTuber Ran For President, They’d Probably Win
After Kanye West and The Rock, the idea that a ‘YouTuber’ could run for president isn’t as far-fetched as it seems.
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Why You Should Care That Kendrick Lamar Just Won A Pulitzer Prize
Kendrick Lamar winning the Pulitzer Prize in music is important because of context: race continues to be a wound on the American landscape.
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12 Ways To Make Sure A Child Feels Loved
Our society seemingly focuses less on the importance of simply showing love and more on the expectations children are “supposed to have”.
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Study On People With Depression
People with depression use more first-person singular pronouns–such as ‘me,’ ‘myself’ and ‘I’–and significantly fewer third-person pronouns.
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An Overview Of Budgeting & Student Loans For College Students
When reviewing student loans, it’s advisable to use a comparison website to be able to compare several banking or lender programs.
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Wisdom For Teens: Hip-Hop Artist J. Cole On ‘The Disease Of More’
Know a teen that could use some wisdom? How about hip-hop artist J. Cole waxing on about inherent dissatisfaction & dangers of materialism?
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Money Matters: 3 Financial Literacy Lessons
The best way to make financial literacy lessons stick is to give students clear, real-life examples that they can relate to.
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Good Credit, Bad Credit: 3 Ways Credit Scores Can Affect Students
For better or for worse, we live in a credit-driven economy. Here are ways bad credit scores can affect students.
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Start Small: A Wendell Berry Commencement Address
“What we need, obviously, is a more intelligent–which is to say, a more accurate–description of the problem.” — Wendell Berry
