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The Power of I Used to Think…Now I Think

Catlin Tucker

I Used to Think…Now I Think…Thinking Routine The “I used to think…Now I think…” thinking routine helps students reflect on how they used to think about a topic, subject, or issue and how their thoughts have changed as a result of a learning experience or engagement with information (e.g.,

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We must not allow bigots on campus to hide behind free speech

The Hechinger Report

If your professor at a public university regularly tweets out articles like “ Are Women Destroying Academia? Colleges defend professors’ rights to pursue controversial topics of discussion such as climate change, police brutality, charter schools and pornography.

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Building Vocabulary to Improve Reading

Digital Promise

Embedding new words into classroom conversations and assignments pegged to topics teens care about. This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. To read more research-based articles on education, visit Usable Knowledge. Reading Research Quarterly, 23, 285-303. 2 McBeath, J.,

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Building Vocabulary to Improve Reading

Digital Promise

Embedding new words into classroom conversations and assignments pegged to topics teens care about. This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. To read more research-based articles on education, visit Usable Knowledge. Reading Research Quarterly, 23, 285-303. 2 McBeath, J.,

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Sources Talking to Other Sources

C3 Teachers

This post will not spend time arguing why controversy needs to be taught in the classroom. The point is, controversial topics WILL make it into your classroom. Teaching controversial topics makes it on our top 10 list for a reason. If you can, embrace them! It’s not easy. So where does inquiry come in?

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Sitting for long periods affect on teens’ mental health, resumés for robots and more in the news roundup

Psych Learning Curve

The current controversy about teaching reading: Comments for those left with questions after reading the new york times article. Daniel Willingham Blog) Over the weekend the New York Times published an article on the front page about the teaching of reading. Schools pass on the value of silence to their teachers and students.

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Sources Talking to Other Sources

C3 Teachers

This post will not spend time arguing why controversy needs to be taught in the classroom. The point is, controversial topics WILL make it into your classroom. Teaching controversial topics makes it on our top 10 list for a reason. If you can, embrace them! It’s not easy. So where does inquiry come in?