Last year in a faculty meeting, I listened as a senior administrator denied the importance of content as part of a high school education in today’s...
One of my favorite aspects of the Internet as a conduit of information is that I can enjoy video lectures made available by varied universities. I...
“The teacher’s role in this journey is to ‘model advance learning’. They are there as a mentor, a guide, a coach, and most importantly, a co-...
“When the viewer looks down, they’ll see their arms are branches, their body is the trunk, and when they move, the tree moves too.” – Winslow...
Do you remember learning to read? I am a very lucky girl – I don’t.
What I do remember is lying in bed with my Read it yourself Ladybird Book,...
1. One inch of water is about six inches of wet snow or 12 inches of fluffy snow.
2. The world's largest snowflake was 15 inches wide and 8...
One of my favorite parts of history class as a high school student was participating in simulations. Role-playing, mock trials, fake battles –...
I start this lesson plan with an admission: I love studying and teaching about the French Indian War. On a personal level, I find it fascinating –...
Discussion and debate in the History classroom are necessary if we want our students to truly engage with the material and think critically about the...
“We want mindfulness to be as common as brushing your teeth!” – Addie Wootten
The Dalai Lama once said, “if every 8 year old is taught meditation...
With more and more tourists visiting Antarctica each year(estimates are about 40,000 people), scientists have detected a problem with some of...
When visiting classrooms, I often feel for introverts—those who prefer to work alone and gain strength from their own thoughts and ideas. Classrooms...
Written on a clay tablet, an ancient cuneiform letter of complaint is the world’s oldest such letter ever found. Cuneiform was an early writing...
“Why should there be only one teacher in class? Why not everyone teach and learn?”- Abhijit Sinha
India’s rural schools struggle with high rates...
Whenever I ask my daughters what they did in school, the answer is they generally took a test.
One day, they sighed and asked me if I had taken that...
Looking for a possible Interactive Notebook Activity to use with kids just before the holidays (or the week you return in the new year)?
Bonne...
“We create a mechanism or an environment made up of a few simple but clear rules. Within this context, the children are free to explore...
C. M. Rubin’s Global Education Report
Democratic innovation is a passion for Adam Cronkright because he believes “the dominant conception of...
With this being the time of year for the story, A Christmas Carol, it's a great opportunity to learn about its author, Charles Dickens. One of the...
As a teacher, do you know your state’s acceleration options for students? If you don’t, you’re not alone. In my experience, in the state of Florida,...