A Principal's Reflections
MARCH 5, 2023
No pain, no gain has been a common saying for years. Truth be told, getting better is hard work, no matter the context. When faced with adversity, we take one of two paths. The first is seeing the inherent opportunity in a challenge through a growth mindset. Sometimes that means looking beyond traditional metrics of success to find other areas where the needle can be moved.
ED Surge
MARCH 6, 2023
When classrooms and conference rooms abruptly moved online three years ago, we all experienced moments of technical frustration. Whether dealing with connectivity issues or clumsy virtual interactions, which were sometimes accompanied by awkward background noises, we persisted. Fortunately, the education sector had time to smooth out some of these wrinkles, especially with improved connectivity and advancing technology such as artificial intelligence (AI).
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The Hechinger Report
MARCH 6, 2023
Austin Community College is one of 50 community colleges in Texas that researchers analyzed to determine how much ought to be spent educating students. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report Community colleges say they can’t help the neediest students get through college successfully without more funding. But these institutions, which educate 10 million students a year or 44 percent of all undergraduates , have a terrible track record; fewer than half their students end up earning degrees.
Digital Promise
MARCH 6, 2023
This 3-part blog series, featuring guest authors from Michigan Virtual , describes the formation of the Learning Continuity Workgroup and how it has supported their edtech procurement and decision-making processes. In this final post, Michigan Virtual outlines how and why they created an LMS guide for K-12 in collaboration with other educators. At the height of COVID-19, many schools weren’t able to undertake the full process of selecting and implementing a learning management system (LMS), even
A Psychology Teacher Writes
MARCH 10, 2023
Marking and feedback is a complex beast and one that represents a huge proportion of teacher workload. There have been significant shifts in thinking in recent years towards a more feedback driven model rather than most teachers’ traditional conceptions of what marking looks like. This has been guided by research such as that described in the EEF report on effective feedback.
ED Surge
MARCH 9, 2023
Engagement and creativity play such important roles in the learning process, but with the myriad of other requirements and obligations, they can easily get lost in the abyss of deadlines and mandates. Creativity helps develop a deeper sense of learning, yet we keep our “creative” units until after state testing is over. Recently, I met with two education leaders to discuss how to improve teacher and student engagement through creativity.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 6, 2023
Black folks aren’t waiting on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis or the College Board to curate and disburse Black history to us. As despicable and harmful as the Florida governor’s recent rejection of the pilot Advanced Placement (AP) African American Studies course was, DeSantis does not get to decide when and how we learn Black history. And as welcome (and overdue) as it is that the College Board is finally creating an AP African American Studies course, they also don’t get to tell us which Black voic
Social Studies Network brings together the best content for social studies educators from the widest variety of thought leaders.
Edthena
MARCH 8, 2023
From educators to athletes, using video to observe your own work is a research-based strategy for improving your performance. Video coaching and video reflection are becoming more common for instructional coaches’ professional development. It’s easy for coaches to get started using video to improve teacher coaching. Here are 3 ways instructional coaches can use video to get better at coaching teachers: Recording teachers to prepare for coaching conversations Recording and analyzing coaching conv
ED Surge
MARCH 8, 2023
In the winter of 2020, I participated in a two-day youth organizing retreat in Detroit. Young people from organizations across the city came together to learn about community organizing, build community and develop a city-wide education justice campaign. Throughout the retreat, I watched and participated as youth organizers critically analyzed their school experiences and co-created ideas for school improvement campaigns.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 7, 2023
STEM movements often miss one thing — the voices of today’s students. If we want to create successful and lasting pathways, for all young people, into fields like science, technology, engineering and math, then our voices — and those of the millions of other young women like us— must be heard. As high school students, we were born at the same time as the iPhone and after the launch of social media and YouTube.
Education Elements
MARCH 4, 2023
It’s hard to believe, but we’re approaching the three-year anniversary of the COVID-19 shutdown in our schools. We’ve all been through a great deal of disturbance over these past three years. One of my coworkers recently shared this article on the hidden toll of “microstress” and it resonated with me. In my work with community members across the country (teachers, staff, families, school and district leaders), I’m finding that people are tired.
History Havoc
MARCH 10, 2023
Having always been a huge fan of history, the history of my family interested me. Then one day when my father was cleaning out my grandparent’s house after their passing, he came across a pair of books that blew me away. The first was printed in 1916 by Jasper E. Bynum and was called The History of the Bynum Family. The other was printed in 1958 and was called Historical Sketches of the Bynum Family.
ED Surge
MARCH 7, 2023
A first grade student is trying to read a passage on her iPad. A digital avatar Amira, clad in olive green, is listening. Her face isn’t particularly demonstrative, but she’s trying her best with emphatic pats-on-the-back when the student gets something right. When the reader skips a word, or mispronounces it, Amira displays the kind of dispassionate instruction that only artificially created avatars can.
Becoming a History Teacher
MARCH 9, 2023
Photo by Thirdman on Pexels.com Damien is a strong beginning teacher. He is diligent and organised and has developed effective approaches to planning. He can effectively ‘run a room’ and his classroom environment is calm. Transitions between tasks are smooth, he forms positive relationships with pupils, and behaviour management is usually effective.
Edthena
MARCH 9, 2023
Addressing teacher shortages is no easy feat. Due to a variety of factors, such as declining completion rates at traditional teachers’ colleges, classrooms face shortages of educators which negatively impacts student learning. However, this USA Today article highlights how some organizations are working to fill that gap. Take, for example, how amid significant teacher shortages, Arkansas Teacher Corps is seeing “soaring retention rates.
Learn for Living
MARCH 8, 2023
We are PEOPLE before PROFESSIONALS. We are PEOPLE before ACADEMICS. If we start with connections, relationship and trust will grow through tiny moments that leads to higher levels of engagement and success. These People First Connect Cards are designed to grow connections through tiny conversations. Carve out a few minutes at your next staff meeting or in the classroom and start with one of the questions.
ED Surge
MARCH 7, 2023
When Shai Reshef started a free online university called University of the People nearly 15 years ago, skepticism was high. Online education was viewed as a poor substitute for in-person study, and anyway, how could something free be financially sustainable? Today, the college has won accreditation. It has grown to serve 126,000 students. And it has some 37,000 volunteers.
Dr. Preece
MARCH 6, 2023
Introduction: The teaching of climate education has undergone a change in recent years. We’ve seen a broad move away from the simplistic ‘for and against’ debates at global scale which characterized early discussions, and even some exam specifications and online resources. From the early stages of improving our understanding of the science and issues (Knight & Adger, 2015; Knight et al. 2021) and resources available (Rackley, 2019), we are increasingly seeing climate education in Geography c
Cult of Pedagogy
MARCH 5, 2023
Listen to my interview with Peter Liljedahl ( transcript ): Sponsored by Listenwise and Wipebook 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? This post was supposed to be just for math teachers.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 7, 2023
By the time her daughter turned 3, Ramona Santos Torres noticed something not quite right about the child’s speech. The toddler babbled, but nothing she said was intelligible. She rarely made eye contact with other people. Most babies, Santos Torres knew, start to utter some recognizable words before they reach the age of 2. “We just couldn’t make out what she was saying,” Santos Torres recalled.
ED Surge
MARCH 8, 2023
After three years of facing heightened stress since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic — not just the safety worries, but also the political frays that have followed — it’s no wonder that some teachers are leaving the stormy seas of classroom instruction in search of calmer waters. For the technically inclined, pivoting to a job in the education technology industry seems like a natural fit.
All Things Pedagogical
MARCH 5, 2023
I received many nice messages about my new podcast in the last week or so and thank you very much for the kind words and support. It really means a lot to me to know that this is something that y'all are interested in and see as important in the work that you do. One thing that was echoed a lot in these messages was something along the lines of (this is my paraphrasing a few messages into one sentiment): "Thank you for this podcast; it is so needed because then I can send folk in my institution
ED Surge
MARCH 10, 2023
Jasper Smith did not spend her freshman year at Howard University studying in the red-brick buildings on its campus in Washington, D.C. Instead, due to the pandemic, she logged into virtual classes from her home, in Arizona. Now that emergency health measures have been lifted, Smith, who is currently a junior, does participate on campus in the life of the historically Black university.
ED Surge
MARCH 6, 2023
Congress is weighing a significant change to the teaching profession — one that proponents hope could help attract strong candidates to the classroom while retaining those who are already in it. The American Teacher Act, a bill introduced in the House of Representatives in December by Rep. Frederica Wilson, a former teacher, would establish a minimum salary of $60,000 for every public school teacher in the country.
ED Surge
MARCH 9, 2023
Schools are becoming increasingly unsafe for our nation’s students — physically, socially and emotionally. American youth are in crisis. According to one method of defining and tracking gun violence, compiled by The Washington Post, nearly 340,000 students have directly experienced gun violence at school since 1999, with 366 school shootings since then and no sign of this exposure slowing down.
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