2017 – Page 2 – TeachThought

Teaching Evaluation Is Ineffective & Outdated. Let’s Try Something New

For the most part, student evaluations of teaching have looked pretty much the same since they were first introduced 100 years ago.

Despite progress, many students continue to decorate folders for papers. This isn’t our best thinking around student portfolios.

Changing the culture of a Title 1 school with approximately 2,000 students – in a large, public district – would be no easy feat.

Suicide is one of the leading causes of death for young people, and this attempt by facebook is new approach to prevention.

The work of culture is to know itself & hold on to what it deems valuable. Forgetfulness is ignorance. Learning is the ultimate disruption.

Here are 5 different tools and strategies to help students connect, collaborate, and create more in the classroom.

There are new options for learning and the most innovative don’t have the word ‘school’ in them. As new options emerge, how should education respond?

The best way to make financial literacy lessons stick is to give students clear, real-life examples that they can relate to.