A Principal's Reflections
SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
Learning is a deeply personal journey and tailoring it to individual needs and preferences is essential for fostering meaningful and effective education. Personalized learning increases engagement and helps learners develop a deeper understanding of the subject matter. It all begins with understanding the learner's interests, something I dive deeply into in Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms.
Catlin Tucker
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Part II: Transitioning from Whole Group to Small Group to Achieve Equity in Education The first blog in this series, “ Time Efficiency vs. Equity in Education ,” explored two major barriers teachers face when shifting from whole group, teacher-led, teacher-paced model to student-centered blended learning models. Time and control are powerful enforcers of the status quo.
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Digital Promise
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
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ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Julie York, a computer science and media teacher at South Portland High School in Maine, was scouring the internet for discussion tools for her class when she found TeachFX. An AI tool that takes recorded audio from a classroom and turns it into data about who talked and for how long, it seemed like a cool way for York to discuss issues of data privacy, consent and bias with her students.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Amid the growing debate over how best to teach math, there is another ballooning problem: grades. They’re becoming increasingly untethered to how much students know. That not only makes it harder to gauge how well students are learning math and catching up from pandemic learning losses, but it’s also making math grades a less reliable indicator of who should be admitted to colleges or take advanced courses.
NCHE
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
Looking for fresh ways to teach about the American Revolution? Want to connect with fellow classroom teachers and museum educators? Looking for advice on how to navigate teaching inclusive history during this time of divisive rhetoric? Following up on last year’s successful RevEd Teacher’s Summit, we welcome participants to this year’s two-day summit as part of the For 2026: Contested Freedoms conference organized by the Omohundro Institute, William & Mary, and The Colonial Williamsburg.
A Principal's Reflections
SEPTEMBER 3, 2023
Reflecting on my days as a student, I recall how the subject matter was the primary focus in every class. Whether delivered through lectures in college, direct instruction during K-12 education, or occasionally gleaned from textbooks and encyclopedias, it permeated every aspect of learning. Upon closer examination, it becomes evident that information, in the form of content, held a central role in all my classes.
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Digital Promise
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
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ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Math professor Martin Weissman is rethinking how his university teaches calculus. Over the summer, the professor from the University of California at Santa Cruz, spent a week at Harvard to learn how to redesign the mathematics for life sciences courses his institution offers. Called Math 11 A and B, these classes, which students take as freshmen and sophomores, constitute a “leaky pipeline,” Weissman says.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
As I begin the new school year, I make a list of all my priorities: Lesson planning, grading, classroom setup, data analysis and new teacher mentorship. Building relationships with parents is at the top of the list. This has not always been the case, but as parents become more engaged in the curriculum taught in schools, I have seen the repercussions firsthand of failing to prioritize those relationships.
HistoryRewriter
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
At a recent workshop, I was asked “How do you differentiate this for students with IEPs?” I felt like my answer of easing the rigor by adjusting text complexity and time on task was too generic. In this post, I want to introduce a new differentiation strategy I am calling Reverse Retell in Rhyme. First, select a primary source for students to interpret via the Retell in Rhyme EduProtocol.
A Principal's Reflections
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
As I work with leaders across the globe, I am always careful with my words. There are rarely absolutes when it comes to educational leadership and ushering in meaningful change. The best course of action depends on the situation and context, which is rarely the same for different administrators. However, I am direct when it comes to what can be controlled.
Catlin Tucker
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Part I: Transitioning from Whole Group to Small Group In the ever-evolving education landscape, one of the most pressing challenges teachers face is striking the right balance between time efficiency and ensuring equitable learning opportunities for all students. As educators embrace innovative technology-enhanced instructional models , they often grapple with letting go of the time-saving practices inherent in the traditional teacher-led, teacher-paced whole group approach to instruction.
Digital Promise
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Leaders from Verizon Innovative Learning Schools’ newest cohort share best practices from their recent rollout events.
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Most of us know what to expect in a face-to-face classroom: Students sitting in rows, facing instructors and listening to lectures, watching videos displayed on screens up front, or, in smaller classes, participating in lively discussion. Altogether, a modest set of conventional choices we’re all familiar with as students and faculty on campus. But in the last couple of decades, since the introduction of online instruction in higher ed, students now expect a much wider range of options — a colle
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
In theory, education technology could redesign school from a factory-like assembly line to an individualized experience. Computers, powered by algorithms and AI, could deliver custom-tailored lessons for each child. Advocates call this concept “personalized learning” but this sci-fi idyll (or dystopia, depending on your point of view) has been slow to catch on in American classrooms.
Passion for Social Studies
SEPTEMBER 24, 2023
Sociology is often a student-favorite course to take! Honestly, it is fascinating to study how people interact with each other. Since students love this course, it is essential to have engaging, interactive sociology lesson plans. Luckily, there are tons of incredible sociology lessons to ensure students explore the underlying social forces that shape human behavior.
Cult of Pedagogy
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Listen to the interview with Alex Shevrin Venet ( transcript ): Sponsored by EVERFI and Listenwise This page contains Amazon Affiliate and Bookshop.org links. When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org? Among the many challenges teachers have faced since the onset of the pandemic , one that persists is this feeling that students have changed , that they are
Catlin Tucker
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
Part IV: Thinking About Thinking This is part four of a five-part series focused on using thinking routines to drive metacognitive skill building. Click here to revisit my last blog in this series on using the “I used to think…Now, I think…” routine. 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.
A Lesson Plan for Teachers
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
This generation of students has been raised playing games. They play them for fun, to keep distracted or entertained, and even to help them complete chores or fall asleep. Gaming is a way of life. So why not use games in the classroom to help students learn? Even better, how about learning 10 great ways […] The post 10 Great Ways to Use Scavenger Hunts in the Classroom appeared first on A Lesson Plan for Teachers.
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
Keith Curry Lance of RSL Research Group has been studying school librarian employment for a long time, roughly 30 years since his first study came out. In that time, he has seen a lot of changes. But when he sat down a decade or so ago to sort out which states had gained librarians overall that year and which had lost, he was shocked to find no states in the “gained” column.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
CHICAGO — In July, in a packed classroom in downtown Chicago, a group composed mostly of early elementary teachers and child care workers read a story about “Wendi,” a fictional preschool teacher who loves reading but struggles in math. This story also appeared in The Associated Press Even though Wendi was drawn to early education where “math was so easy,” she still felt unsure of her skills.
A Psychology Teacher Writes
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
(Imagine if whole-school CPD felt like this…) Photo by Laura Stanley on Pexels.com In their book The CPD curriculum, Mark & Zoe Enser start with these words: This book is dedicated to every teacher who has ever sat in a hall after school and thought “there must be a better way” It’s a sentiment that resonates with anyone who’s been in the profession more than five minutes and is a legacy of many years of truly awful PD provision.
Geography Education
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
“ Omar Bongo became president in 1967, remaining at the helm until his death in 2009. His son, Ali Bongo, succeeded him, until Gen Ngeuma toppled him last month. In Gabon’s capital Libreville, [some] sees coup leader General Brice Oligui Ngeuma as a Moses-like figure who has unshackled the nation from the chains of his former boss – President Ali Bongo.” SOURCE: BBC This is a bit of current affairs looking at the recent coup in Gabon and the personalities of the power pla
Catlin Tucker
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Part V: Thinking About Thinking Series This is part five of a five-part series focused on using thinking routines to drive metacognitive skill building. Click here to revisit my last blog in this series on using the “Claim-Evidence-Question” routine. 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.
Passion for Social Studies
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
There is so much fascinating information to learn when taking any government course. One of the topics students are always eager to learn about involves the roles of presidents! Honestly, there is always so much excitement in understanding this massive role. Since students often have opinions about our presidents, there is amazing discussion and collaboration.
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
Twice a week, Rofiat Olasunkanmi, 22, heads back to Brooklyn to her alma mater, Kurt Hahn Expeditionary Learning School. Now a senior at New York University, Olasunkanmi helps high school seniors navigate applying to college, a process she personally recalls being dominated by concern about finances and a general sense of anxiety because no one in her family did it in the United States before her.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Early Childhood newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about early learning. Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: The first few weeks in a classroom can help set the tone for the rest of the school year.
Teaching Anthropology
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
Anna Apostolidou PhD, Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology, Ionian University Given the history of our discipline, it seems rather peculiar that anthropologists are not more “naturally inclined” to employ multimodality in their research and teaching. Apart from its expressive potential, multimodality’s key quality is that it proposes dynamic alternatives to enduring and delimiting dichotomies (particularly text/image) that have been tantalizing the field for over a century, and offers more
Geography Education
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
“The historic Hope Mill in Scituate will soon be torn down after it was deemed unsafe. The long-vacant mill, which officially shut down in 2006, and has been slowly decaying ever since. The former textile mill sits along the Pawtuxet River in the Hope Village Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.” SOURCE: WPRI This story about this old mill being demolished (which is less than 2 miles from my residence) definitely hits close to home.
A Lesson Plan for Teachers
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
Teaching in today’s world requires presenting content in a number of varied ways for student engagement and content retention. Wouldn’t it be awesome to prep just ONE resource with different strategies for optimal student learning? If you are willing to be creative in your lesson presentation, you can do this with ease! Choosing a Resource […] The post Many Strategies for Student Learning In One Interactive Resource appeared first on A Lesson Plan for Teachers.
Cult of Pedagogy
SEPTEMBER 3, 2023
Photo by Chris Anderson on Unsplash Listen to the interview with Marcus Luther: Sponsored by EVERFI and Listenwise At the end of the 2021-22 school year, I sat down to complete my annual reflection on both the successes of the year as well as the walls I encountered. The “wall” I was most fixated upon? Making students better writers. It was not that I felt students had not grown as writers per se , but rather that I did not feel as if I had a strong relationship with students around their growth
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
I have always felt connected to Indigenous peoples. Perhaps it is because I am Mexican American and colonization is a part of my ancestry. Perhaps it is because the virtues of Mexican and Indigenous spiritualities in Texas and Minnesota, where I’ve split my whole life, are so universal that it’s hard to not be drawn to their teachings and practices.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
In education circles, it’s popular to rail against testing, especially timed exams. Tests are stressful and not the best way to measure knowledge, wrote Adam Grant, an organizational psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School in a Sept. 20, 2023 New York Times essay. “You wouldn’t want a surgeon who rushes through a craniectomy, or an accountant who dashes through your taxes.
Digital Promise
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Digital Promise supports Adult Education and Family Literacy Week and closing the literacy gap for adults.
Edthena
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Counting the number of raised student hands to measure student engagement? There’s a lot more to understanding the engagement of a strong classroom, according to professional learning expert Jim Knight. In fact, there are four indicators that teachers, instructional coaches, and school leaders can look for to understand students’ engagement in learning—and none of them involve hand-raising.
Education Elements
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
The Polarization of Education: As consultants at Education Elements, my teammates and I have the incredible opportunity to support districts around the country as they solve some of their toughest challenges. These challenges range from “How do we change our practices to increase students’ agency over their own learning?” to “How do we use quantitative and qualitative data to determine our priority areas over the next five years?
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