A Principal's Reflections
MAY 28, 2023
In my early days as an administrator, I thought that a positive school culture was one where strict rules were created and consistently enforced to keep students focused on learning. I believed that the more control I could exert over the environment, the better the results. There was not much flexibility in terms of the structure of the day and what students were “allowed” to do.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 1, 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: On a cold, drizzly morning in early May, I visited an outdoor preschool program in Baltimore, Maryland, to learn about the state’s recent e
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ED Surge
MAY 30, 2023
The request came from the students. Those who were enrolled in — or considering enrolling in — American University’s School of Education said they wanted more classroom experience, more opportunities to practice their craft before being released to do it alone every day to a room full of kids. Wish granted. Today, and for the last year or so, aspiring educators at American University are required to spend a minimum of 40 hours tutoring students in Washington, D.C., public schools, in addition to
Catlin Tucker
MAY 30, 2023
Identifying the Needs of English Learners English learners (ELs) have unique needs requiring targeted instructional approaches to support their language acquisition and academic success. ELs need instruction tailored to their language proficiency level. Because ELs come from diverse linguistic backgrounds, their English language skills may vary widely.
Edthena
MAY 31, 2023
A good question shines highlights the brilliance of the teacher, not the brilliance of the person asking the question. That’s according to Jim Knight, author of “The Definitive Guide to Instructional Coaching,” when asked about the purpose effective questioning techniques serve. For instructional coaches supporting teachers, asking questions can be a key component of coaching conversations.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 30, 2023
Credit: Carol Yepes/ Moment via Getty Images One of the most hotly contested teaching practices concerns a single minute of math class. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift Should teachers pull out their stopwatches and administer one-page worksheets in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division? Speed drills are such a routine part of the weekly rhythms of many math classrooms that they’re often called Mad Minute Mondays.
ED Surge
JUNE 2, 2023
Augmented reality (AR) continues to gain importance in our everyday lives. In the classroom, AR technology can enhance learning by providing students with interactive and immersive experiences, improving their understanding of complex concepts and enabling them to apply their knowledge in real-world scenarios. The use of AR can make learning more accessible while increasing the engagement of all students.
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Education Elements
MAY 30, 2023
The concept of Strategic Planning can be intimidating at first glance. If you haven’t gone through the process yourself, you may be familiar with the concept but have questions like “What does strategic planning mean? What does it entail? Isn’t that normally done by the CEO or the leadership team?
The Hechinger Report
MAY 31, 2023
Lee este artículo en español. BOSTON — After María Mejía’s son was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in preschool, the question of where he should go to kindergarten focused entirely on his special education needs. This story also appeared in The Boston Globe Mejía and her husband, Spanish-speaking immigrants from the Dominican Republic, only later learned that Joangel, now 7, would have been an ideal candidate for one of the four elementary schools in Boston that teach students in both En
ED Surge
MAY 31, 2023
The goal of inclusive education is to ensure that every student, regardless of their background or abilities, has an equal opportunity to learn and succeed. For teachers, this means providing equal access to educational experiences and ensuring that all students have the support and resources they need to succeed academically, socially and emotionally.
Digital Promise
JUNE 2, 2023
Talladega County Schools offers a proofpoint of what it looks like for a district to embed Computational Thinking Pathways into the fabric of its schools
Strange Maps
MAY 31, 2023
Show me your street names, and I’ll tell you how gender-imbalanced your society is — or, more likely, was. In Europe, that imbalance is ten to one: For every ten streets named after men, there’s only one named after a woman. The most popular person in European street names is a woman, though: the Virgin Mary , in a wide variety of appellations. 146,000 streets in 17 countries So says Mapping Diversity , a project that analyzes representation in street names across Europe.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 29, 2023
For decades schools have been, rightly, accused of too often letting a toxic mix of low expectations and strict discipline policies put kids, mostly Black, Hispanic and Latino young men, on the school-to-prison pipeline. Now, colleges and universities have the chance to build the inverse path — a prison-to-school pipeline — to help people who are incarcerated.
ED Surge
JUNE 2, 2023
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, predicted last year that it will usher in the greatest tech transformation ever. Grandiose? Maybe. But while that may sound like typical Silicon Valley hype, the education system is taking it seriously. And so far, AI is shaking things up. The sudden-seeming pervasiveness of AI has even led to faculty workshop “safe spaces” this summer, where instructors can figure out how to use algorithms.
O-Level Geography
MAY 28, 2023
Camp 2 at 6400m Mt Everest Everest base camp in Nepal April 2023 Why does Mt Everest attract tourists? How has tourism evolved? What are the impacts of tourism development in Mt Everest?
All Things Pedagogical
MAY 28, 2023
This may be a bit of a shorter post this week as I work through the fact that I cannot sit for a long time right now (chronic pain is fun, not) and typing laying down or standing up is hurting other parts of my body. This week's post is about the terms that we use, which is a bit of a revisiting of some thought threads from before but with a new twist.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 30, 2023
Since the onset of the pandemic three years ago, college enrollment has fallen by more than 1 million students. Fewer high school graduates are now going straight to college , and there is growing skepticism across the country about the long-term value of a college education. As well-founded as concerns about the rising cost of college might be, however, the evidence suggests that a college degree is just as valuable as ever.
ED Surge
JUNE 2, 2023
In 2000, Sara Martinez — who immigrated from El Salvador to Los Angeles and was then a stay-at-home mother of three — was asked for a favor. Her neighbor, a home-based child care provider, needed support caring for the seven children she served because her husband had suddenly fallen ill. Martinez, 29 years old at the time, agreed to help. She initially volunteered for an hour each week, then two, then three.
O-Level Geography
MAY 28, 2023
Where will the new Eco-Pedestrian Bridge be built? How does this help to sustain the biodiversity of the forests?
Perspectives in Anthropology
JUNE 1, 2023
Written by Jehron Muhammad (RE: Africa’s Place in Global Diplomacy defined by Colonial and Post-Colonial History) Africa’s placement in global …
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 2, 2023
INTERGALACTIC WILDLIFE SANCTUARY— One minute I was making my way through a San Diego conference center swarming with ed tech visionaries and investors. The next, I was sitting in a dark, eerily quiet room being outfitted with a giant headset, goggles, headphones, and hand controls, and praying it had all been sanitized first. Suddenly, I was floating through the lush Alien Zoo in an ethereal gondola.
ED Surge
MAY 31, 2023
Too much stress. Too little time to plan. Too much violence. Too little compensation. Too much polarization. For these reasons and more, teachers are leaving the classroom. EdSurge recently published two articles that explore this phenomenon from different angles. One followed up with teachers who traded the education profession for different careers and asked them whether they found the better life they’d been searching for.
O-Level Geography
MAY 30, 2023
What is El Nino? When will El Nino impact Singapore? How will El Nino impact Singapore?
ED Surge
JUNE 1, 2023
Education researchers have long kept an eye on the changing demographics of public schools, some looking at the potential for those shifts to shepherd in inequity as ethnic groups migrate or fluctuate in size. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. As the number of Hispanic students grows, for instance, the education landscape is adapting to meet their particular needs, as well — be it more representation in children’s books or busing a mobile preschool to kids in rural areas.
ED Surge
JUNE 2, 2023
We often use catch-all acronyms and shorthand like “POC,” “BIPOC,” and “Black and brown people” to describe experiences of discrimination and oppression of people in the U.S. who are not white. But within those blanket terms to describe “minorities” are dozens of cultures with unique heritages, ethnicities, and geographic locations. People from those cultures have nuanced histories, perspectives, and experiences in the U.S. and in its schools.
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