8 Ways Parents Can Support Critical Thinking At Home
Practicing critical thinking at home–in their ‘native environment’–is a useful strategy to build their cognitive muscles.
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10 Rhetorical Questions To Create New Ideas For Learning
I’m not saying any of these ideas are good—or even the least bit viable. Or that they wouldn’t be detrimental. I’m just wondering what would happen.
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Alternatives To ‘How Was School?”
“What did you learn in school today?” It’s easy to resort to cliches when talking to kids about school. Here are some alternatives.
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12 Ideas For Easing Students Back to School
You are handed a classroom full of students who are excited to be back but not so enthusiastic to study. This is an opportunity!
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How To Connect Schools And Communities Using Technology
In light of the access of modern technology, schools can evolve while simultaneously growing closer to the people they serve.
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When Schools And Parents Don’t Talk
Communities don’t understand teaching and learning? Education doesn’t know what communities really need? This seems like an opportunity.
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15 Activities To Help Students Review And Retain New Information
By asking students to leave a little learning on a chair by the door on the way out of the classoom, exit slips are an easy way to reflect on learning.
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Digital Media Use In Schools: An Internet Safety Cheat Sheet
Digital media use is exploding in education. Unfortunately, internet safety is something many teachers-and worse, students-take for granted.
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12 Cybersecurity Tips For Students At Home And In School
A VPN connection encrypts and protects students’ internet traffic from interceptors who may want to steal passwords.
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11 Useful School Home Visit Resources For Teachers
We were given a long list of names and addresses and wished luck. Years later, I can say it was one of the best experiences of my teaching career.
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Dear Parents: Here’s What You Should Know About Letter Grades
Letter grades don’t mean what you think they mean. In fact, they can fail to communicate important truths about your child’s learning.
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40 Homeschooling Tools And Resources I Use (Almost) Every Day
This is a quick list of the tools and resources I’ve cobbled together over the years to get as close as I can to the vision of learning I have for them.
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12 Apps For Better Teacher-Parent Communication
Why is teacher-parent communication essential? How can learning experiences be designed that require that interaction?
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18 Questions To Ask Students About Their Day Remote Learning
What kinds of questions to ask students support what they’ve learned remotely and enhance their ability to apply it?
