Bad Bargain: Why We Still Ask Kids to Factor Polynomials and How We Fix It
A Look any Implicit Bias and Microaggressions
Impatient With Colleges Employers Develop Their Own Courses
TEACHERS: Teachable Moments: How Four Educators Learned to See Their Students Differently
This episode is the first of a four-part series about why teachers teach, called Teachable Moments. On this EdSurge On Air podcast, you can listen to four educators who remember a time when they faced difficulty with an issue or a student, but overcame that struggle to find a positive outcome.
TEACHERS: Teachable Moments: Connecting With Students In — and Out — of the Classroom
TEACHERS: Teaching Students to Read Metacognitvely
TEACHERS: Predictions: Activating Curiosity and Honoring Student Input
Predicting is a wonderful engagement tool because it encourages students to be wonder-filled! The act of predicting places students in the driver’s seat of learning as they plot out the most probable destinations of where the curriculum and their learning will take them. Read these tips so the art of predicting becomes a regular way teachers can activate student curiosity and honor student input.
TEACHERS: Changing How Educators See Negative Behavior in the Classroom
The history of the Unites States is rich with resistance, organizing, and civil rights campaigning—but for many teachers, these movements seem new. For teachers who want to guide their students through conversations about inclusion, diversity, and equity, it’s important to both teach the history and build upon the work of the countless people who contributed to social justice movements throughout the years. Here are 21 free resources teachers can use for social justice lesson plans.
TEACHERS: What it Means to Teach Like a Disciple
TEACHERS: 8 Ways to Creat Upstanders In a Bullying Culture
TEACHERS: How to Adapt Your Teaching Strategies to Student Needs
TEACHERS: Essential Tips for Visual Journaling
Explore why teachers should have students create visual journals and how to get them to use visual journaling. Educators know that it is easier for students to remember information when it has been presented in many different ways. Looking at visuals and creating visuals can help all learners organize and retain information.
PARENTS: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous and Smart About Money
PARENTS: The Secret of Not Yelling When You Are Having a Bad Day
"I've been working hard not to yell at my kids. But sometimes I just can't help it. I explode, and then I feel so guilty. I know it isn't really what my kids are doing, it's just me, having a hard day. Is it really possible to stop yelling? What's the secret?” It is possible to stop yelling, and thousands of parents do it.
PARENTS: How to Give Your Child a Rich Life -- Without Spoiling or Raising Entitled Kids
Nobody wants to raise a child who thinks the world owes him, who feels like he’s entitled to take whatever he wants. Parents all want to raise kids who know how to work hard to create what they want in the world. They also want to raise a child who feels worthy, deserving of the blessings of abundance—spiritual, emotional, and yes, physical—and the rich life that should be the birthright of every child. So what are the secrets to raise a child who feels worthy – but not “entitled”?
LEADERS: Cultural Responsiveness Starts in the Principal’s Office
LEADERS: The Power of Instructional Leadership
- Toward Shared Instructional Leadership
- Data-Driven Instructional Leadership
- The Instructional Leader’s Most Difficult Job
- 4 Dimensions of Instructional Leadership
- What is an Instructional Leader?
LEADERS: How to Remember What You Read
Why is it that some people seem to be able to read a book once and remember every detail of it for life, while others struggle to recall even the title a few days after putting down a book? The answer is simple but not easy. It’s not what they read. It’s how they read. Good reading habits not only help you read more but help you read better. Discover how to be an active reader.
LEADERS: Instead of Complaining Schools Should Show Parents How to Engage in their Child’s Education
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