Education: Resources & Information From Experts At TeachThought

How The English Language Learning System Is Failing in America

As educators, we have to understand the background and home life of our students to balance cultural sensitivity with their academic needs.

Good work is applying your affection, intellect, and specific ‘genius’ on people and places you depend on and that depend on you.

A ‘gap year’ occurs when a student takes time off from formal education–usually between graduation from high school and beginning college.

With communal constructivism, the goal is not to produce a scientific discovery but to help children respond to & guide their own discovery.

Dewey believed that the psychological and social sides are related and that “education cannot be regarded as a compromise between the two.”

As students navigate education, they’re craving chances to make their mark on the world. Here are ways to help them get started with activism.

All of this money and effort is the kind of energy that keeps education going. But ‘keeping it going’ is also kind of the problem.

As we make learning visible, the process and sequence of learning is illuminated. This helps students see understanding as always evolving.