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Teaching 21st Century Skills in an Online Classroom
In the midst of the COVID-10 pandemic, 21st century skills are more important than ever. As we face an unknown future that is going to require problem-solving and innovative thinking, it is clear that skills such as collaboration and creativity are no longer simply “soft skills”. They're now a necessity for our
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Support Your Students During School Shutdowns
A month ago, you might have been thinking about prepping your classroom for testing season. Now, with the unprecedented pandemic situation and the precautions schools are taking to protect their students, tests are likely the last thing on your mind. Standardized testing may be canceled entirely or migrated online, and
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Quickly Move Your Classes Online
If you’re in the process of modifying your courses to an online platform right now, I have seven practices to help you smoothly transition your courses for instructional continuity. Taking all your courses remote is a big task but we're here to help you decrease your work time so you can get
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Using Stories to Learn From the Past
Early in my teaching career, I had a conversation with a student that will always haunt me. I was sitting at my desk at lunchtime, reading William Goldman’s The Princess Bride and laughing to myself when I realized that one of my twelfth-graders was perched at the edge of my desk. He
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Unlocking the Genius in Your Students
It is my firm belief that everyone is born with a pull to become—the innate desire to be, do and have— and that this desire can induce a very strong motivation to engage with learning because it matters to the learner.
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Using Global Learning to Build Compassion
In our world today, it’s critical that students become globally minded with the capacity to understand one another and to live with compassion.
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Why Advanced Ed Degrees Don't Help Teachers
Research has repeatedly found that the courses don’t improve teacher performance, students of teachers with master’s degrees don’t perform better on standardized tests, and many teachers themselves say the graduate education courses are a waste of time.
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Retain Children's Creativity with Alternative Learning Models
Every person has the capacity to imagine, create, and propose with solutions to problems. The trick is that this innate ability is sharpened or blunted by the education they receive.
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Creating a Welcoming Classroom for Newcomer Immigrant Students
Let's look at research-backed strategies for getting to know your students’ contexts inside and outside the classroom and ways to target support for helping newcomer students adapt to U.S. classrooms.
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Is it Possible to Detect Plagiarism?
What is Plagiarism these days and how an AI contract cheating detection software from Unicheck, teachers can prevent contract cheating and make sure their students’ works are authentic.
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8 Post-Holiday Season Survival and Revival Tactics for the Classroom
Fun classroom strategies to keep your students engaged — and keep yourself sane — when you return from winter break.
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A Snippet about NGSS Storylines
I am the type of person who likes to read the end of books… especially mysteries. I love to know what’s going to happen, and I then find great joy in reading the book and following along as the story unfolds. I used to think this was odd, but recently,
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Use Real-World Data in Any Classroom
Get free activities that bring subjects to life, boost statistical literacy, and support a full count of children in the 2020 Census.
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Communicating with Posters for All Learners
Read some ideas on using posters by NNSTOY Brett Bigham.
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What Can Teachers Do to Improve Student Attendance?
Learn about proven strategies to support and increase student attendance rates.
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Hip Hop For Change: Education is Key
afre Jay uses Hip Hop culture as a vehicle for teaching positive identity and healthy expression in a classroom.
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Watch SREB’s Project-Based Learning in Action
Learn from educators implementing project-based learning across their classrooms.
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Build Partnerships: Shift From Classroom Jobs to Careers
Understand how creating jobs fosters creativity and trust with your students.
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Coming to America: Empowering Students to Write, Publish and Own Their Stories
In Kissimmee, Florida, a team of students, who are English Language Learners (ELLs) are writing their coming to America stories. Even students who were born and raised in America have stories of struggles, hardships and triumphs that can serve as inspiration for others. As students embark on the journey of
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Ideas for Media Literacy Education Leveraging Civic Media
Strategies for involving students in current events and civic discourse through media literacy education.
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Four Ways to Create Equitable Discussion Using Socratic Seminar
Introduction to Socratic Seminar, the purpose for inclusion, and the differences between opinions and collective inquiry.
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(Tch Archives) Back to School: Prepare to Communicate with Families All Year Long
We know this time of year schools open their door to families, so we wanted to share this piece to begin and continue the conversation for family partnership year round.
As you think about all of the “to-dos” you have in order to prepare for your students, consider these tips on how
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Open source U.S. History Curriculum to Prepare Students for Informed, Active Citizenship
Historians often say the best way to understand the present is through the study of the past. At Success Academy, we agree: a great history program prepares young people to understand and engage with the world as it exists today. In particular, the deep study and mastery of our nation’s
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Duo of Videos on Building Community and Curiosity
In New York City, educators attend thoughtfully designed learning visits at schools in order to share promising practices across the city. This video series, produced by Showcase Schools, features two schools that shared promising practices in creating culturally responsive and sustaining education experiences. To support educators, New York State developed