“When are we ever going to use this?” The dreaded, yet inevitable, question that arises every year for math educators. With the abstract nature of many standards in the high school math curriculum, I can certainly empathize with the sentiment of this question.
Vaccines have gotten much publicity in the last 2 years. However, there’s more to vaccines than Covid. What do teachers & families need to know?
Coaches are walking alongside educators as they navigate (sometimes major) changes. #VirtuallyDifferent Digital Learning Coach Nicole Nelson share immediately applicable ideas regardless of the type of change your teachers may be traversing.
With the absolute best of intentions, we have accidentally turned to a surface-building strategy to encourage our students to write something—anything!—in response to their reading. According to their research surrounding the most impactful literacy strategies, Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey reveal that mnemonic devices (aka acronyms) help students to consolidate surface understandings of material.
How well do your assessments align with what you’ve asked students to do in the classroom? Aligning the Depth of Knowledge (D.O.K.) of assessments with the D.O.K. of teaching is an important part of the process.
Jared tackles an age-old question parents & teachers constantly ask – “How much sleep do teenagers really need?”
Educators know the value of building relationships with students. How about the relationships students build with each other? High school teacher Kelsey Koeneman shares a lesson she will use this month to build empathy & perspective.
Principal Carrie Wisehart concludes her series on paraprofessionals with ready-to-implement ideas for building a stronger school culture.
John Hattie and his work around Visible Learning is a comprehensive meta-analysis that examines the effectiveness of influences we use and have in our schools. During my 4th trip to the Annual Visible Learning Conference, I enhanced my learning concerning work that impacts schools in Indiana. Here are the four top things I learned at the conference.
Student meltdowns at perceived failures, especially in STEM class have become quite common. Here are some tips and lessons to teach students to “fail successfully” and to deal with setbacks that are a crucial part of growth and learning.