Education
Teaching computer science without (much) coding
Teaching computer science can be intimidating for teachers with no background in it. But what students really need is context, support and guidance.
Education
Edtech
You can’t teach robotics without SEL
Social-emotional learning can be baked into coding projects. Here are suggestions to explore five aspects of SEL and robotics together.
Updates
Nikole Hannah-Jones on history, book bans, CRT, disrespect for teachers
Nikole Hannah-Jones, author of “The 1619 Project" considers efforts to ban books as an assault on freedom.
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Extra Credit: Career counseling; tutoring insights; Library of Congress bonuses
Counseling before higher education can keep adults from bad career fits and wasted money. Also in Extra Credit: New studies on tutoring.
Career-Technical Education
Keys to successful, equitable community college apprenticeships
Community college apprenticeships should be credit-based, stackable and connected to growth industries., Lisette Nieves writes.
Insights
Creating deeper, wider paths to digital equity
An edtech expert and educators share the ways they use technology to create more digital equity for students and families.
Updates
Extra Credit: Parents’ rights, the rural divide and the economy-wrecking education decline
Is the parents’ rights movement harming students? Does your district do ability assessments? Read about these and more in Extra Credit.
Educational Leadership
Creating a safe learning environment for refugee and immigrant students
Key strategies can help put refugee or immigrant students at ease and make them less confused or frightened.
Edtech
The need for content creation literacy
Just as information literacy was important when the internet was new, schools must help students understand responsible content creation now.
Updates
Extra Credit: Hula hoops and conversations about consent
Learn how hula hoops teach a sex-ed -- and life -- fundamental, the difference between slow and fast thinking, and whether “normal” is worth returning to.
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5 steps to cultural change and a better school experience
Does your school need a culture shift? Three educators share how to create a better education experience for academics, emotions and safety.
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Achievement teams approach can energize education PLCs
Turn education on its head with achievement teams that use student assessment data to improve teaching rather than judge students' abilities.
Educational Leadership
How principals can make discipline a teachable moment
Discipline should be a teachable moment, not just a quick consequence. Jim Dillon explains why, and what to do differently.
Updates
Extra Credit: Should US education try a do-over?
Lots of problems in education haven’t changed at all in the past few years, but several sources offer different ideas.
Educational Leadership
Life and leadership: Turning lemons into lemonade
Feel like life has been doling out way too many lemons? Fred Ende shares some ways to turn them into lemonade.
Updates
Extra Credit: Wasteful school, punitive paddles, gaining student trust
Are schools a waste of time? Can we build enough student-adult trust in schools? Read these and more quick takes in Education Extra Credit.
Education
AI education roadmap: Kindergarten to career
Introduce AI in kindergarten and nurturing a passion for it throughout K-12 to create tomorrow's innovators.
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Strengthen early literacy skills with Duolingo ABC
Duolingo ABC is a free, gamified literacy app for children who speak English that was developed by a team of learning scientists, literacy specialists, engineers, illustrators, and parents who know that kids who read can change the world.
Education
How to create STEM opportunities for students with disabilities
The Catalyst program in North Carolina helps high-school students with disabilities learn about and train for STEM jobs and position them for STEM college degrees.
Updates
Loan relief, trust in schools, standing up for yourself
The latest Education Extra Credit shares articles about college, trust in teachers, great ideas and other topics.
Updates
SEL and student success, Part 3: Parent interactions
Coming back to school after time away can affect how parents view teachers. What can educators do to improve parent interventions?
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SEL and student success, Part 2: What teachers can do
Student behavior issues are increasing. Our SmartSummit explored what teachers can do to help students succeed -- now and in the future.
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SEL and student success, Part 1: Student red flags
Educators can look for red flags in student behavior to try to get ahead of social-emotional problems as school resumes.
Education
5 ways to use your learning management system
Learning management systems play a pivotal role, even in in-person classrooms today.
Education
College innovation lab thrives with flexible tech, partnerships
Technology, a flexible and accessible space, and partnerships are the ingredients for a successful innovation lab.
Insights
Reduce burnout: Support teachers in classrooms, communities
Teachers need our support in the classroom, the district and the community. Becca Hughes offers ways to help.
Education
The power of fun classroom design
Engaging learning spaces start with one simple question: “What do kids love?” Carmelo Piazza explains how creative spaces aid students.
Updates
Classroom playbook for constructive dialogue
Institute's materials help teachers support students as they learn to talk across differences with constructive dialogue techniques.
Educational Leadership
Leadership lessons in reconnecting, Part Two
Fred Ende shares what he's learned from reconnecting -- personally or professionally --even after a short time away.
Insights
Educators can maximize time with 3 best practices
Educator Danielle Sullivan offers effective strategies to help teachers and leaders bolster their productivity and success by learning to maximize time.
Insights
How to provide effective feedback to online learners
Effective feedback is especially important for students in online classes. Teachers can choose several ways to deliver quality feedback.
Updates
Extra Credit: Culture refuses to be canceled; COVID-19 inequities
Helping worn-out students and teachers. Broadening cultural education. Read about these and more in the latest Education Extra Credit.
Insights
How to talk about SEL with families
Misconceptions about social and emotional learning often can disappear once educators talk about SEL with families to explain its skills.
Insights
Blending Socratic discussion with modern tech
Give students a jump on a lesson by having them tackle information digitally before starting a whole-class Socratic discussion.
Education
Using virtual reality to add oomph to lessons
From the Great Wall of China to a sleigh ride with Santa, virtual reality enlivens lessons for a broader student experience.
Updates
Extra Credit: Gender Support Plan; US teacher jailed in Russia
Will a Gender Support Plan help students limited by Florida's Parental Rights in Education law? Are sneaker giveaways a fix to chronic absenteeism?
Education
Teacher shares 2 math tools for engaging assessments
A math interventionist shares two of her favorite math tools that make assessments easier for her and more engaging for her students.
Educational Leadership
How alternative schooling better serves diverse students
Many students are suffering in traditional schools. Robin Harwick explains alternative schooling that embraces students' differences.
Education
TPACK: Incorporate technology into lessons
Fancy edtech programs abound, but it needn't be costly or difficult for teachers to incorporate technology into lessons.
Educational Leadership
School changes: Shaking off the pandemic mentality
As districts confront a post-shutdown normal, school changes are a given. Leaders must decide where they want to go and plot a course.
Education
Why gamified learning enhances a kindergarten classroom
Using gamified learning in kindergarten -- via tech or no-tech -- can engage students longer and teach other skills.
Updates
Extra credit: Teachers unions, death-defying students, performance-based college funding
Performance-based funding for colleges has frustrating results. A scrappy teachers’ union shows what teamwork is. Girls in Afghanistan go to secret schools against Taliban orders.