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Promoting Literacy: Cultivate a Reading Culture

Catlin Tucker

Reading logs are a controversial topic. Some educators love them; others loathe them. One of the biggest complaints I hear about traditional reading logs is that it takes the joy out of reading when you are forced to keep track of what you are reading. I occupy the middle ground on this one.

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The Power of I Used to Think…Now I Think

Catlin Tucker

To recap, metacognition is a cognitive ability that allows learners to consider their thought patterns, approaches to learning, and understanding of a topic or idea. Teachers can leverage the power of thinking routines developed by Project Zero at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education to help students develop their metacognitive muscles.

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Teaching Lessons I Learned From Mom

ED Surge

I remember my childhood as a time of mutual exploration, where you encouraged us to discuss any manner of potentially controversial topics. Roberts continues that tradition for his students at Amherst. Let’s continue this tradition.” This was not the way you raised me, though, mom. All they need to do is ask.

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How school leaders can combat ‘filter bubbles’ and ‘fake news’

Dangerously Irrelevant

One critical leadership behavior is helping educators understand that information literacy is everyone’s job, not just that of the librarian or media specialist. All educators now must integrate information literacy in authentic and meaningful ways into ongoing digital and online work with students.

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

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Don & Melinda Crawford/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images . Colleges defend professors’ rights to pursue controversial topics of discussion such as climate change, police brutality, charter schools and pornography. Probably” you would probably be confused as to why he taught students.

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STUDENT VOICE: ‘I hadn’t realized I was allowed to have thoughts on politics and the world around me’

The Hechinger Report

At my school, Bard High School Early College Cleveland , students finish the traditional four years of high school in their first two years, and the last two years they are both high school students and college students. I am no longer afraid to jump into uncomfortable conversations on controversial topics. Higher Education.

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Finding Our Way Forward—by Remembering

Sapiens

As I listen in a little closer, I realize they’re debating everyone’s favorite controversial topic: headdresses worn by white people. Making fresh corn tamales is part of the author’s family traditions. I speak up. What do you think you’re talking about? It is not OK, in any world, or place, to mock Native people.”