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8 Ways To Help Students Improve Their Academic Reading

What is ‘academic reading’? And do my students know exactly what to do when they struggle with it both in and outside of the classroom?

Collaboration and connecting students can occur between students across the globe and does not have to be done synchronously.

Literacy / July 21, 2017 / New Teacher

When digital textbooks were introduced, they the wave of the future and experts thought we’d see them become the standard.

The purpose of these critical thinking question stems is to help students practice willingness to sit with an idea and struggle wonderfully.

The students’ strengths–and your trust–are two tools that can help you form a relationship when working with challenging students.

Teaching / July 17, 2017

There once was periodic table song whose frenzied pace and extraordinary organization made it seemingly irreplaceable — here’s another!

1 in 4 females in grades 9-12 considered harming themselves in the last year. The white female teen suicide rate has tripled since 1999.

Every mistake is an chance to make something beautiful. This is the theme of Beautiful Oops!, a journal that teaches the value of mistakes.

Teaching / July 11, 2017

Having students interact with one or more peers can build community, increase engagement, and make learning more active.

The current debate over standards is a sign of ignorance. It consumes us, but offers empty calories, not sustenance for a deeper journey

Emphasizing how one student can impact another is not only useful for modifying behavior, but can create a learning community.

The idea of actually using Wikipedia to explicitly teach research for an entire unit is less common than its use for researching credibility.