The lesson started with a basic worksheet, sight words neatly printed for a practicing five-year-old over the weekend.
It was a year of false starts and frustrations, of troubleshooting technology glitches, and trying—and often failing—to coax students to speak from the tiny windows of their Zoom screens. But, ...
In lesson author Tim Smyth’s book, “Teaching with Comics and Graphic Novels: Fun and Engaging Strategies to Improve Close Reading and Critical Thinking in Every Classroom” (Routledge 2022), he discuss ...
A third-grade teacher from Utah has gone viral with a simple lesson she uses in her classroom. Aimee Scott told FOX News she decided to create the video of her "Band-Aid lesson" after meeting with ...
The new question-of-the-week is: What are the most important lessons you have learned from your students? Some people make fun of teachers who say they learn a lot from their students (see The Onion’s ...
Lack of resources and preparation, low pay and working conditions such as issues with student behavior are the top reasons ...
There’s no such thing as a “perfect parent,” but there are incredibly important ways for parents to show up for their kids — teaching them empathy, compassion, trust, respect, and honesty in ways that ...
One of the most commonly asked questions I get about my experience teaching overseas is; “if you could do it all over again ...
Hilary G. Conklin, Ph.D., is a former social studies teacher. She is now a professor of education at DePaul University in Chicago who studies civic education and teacher preparation. Submit a letter, ...
When I was a kid, I remember watching as a neighborhood boy was chased out of his house by his mother. She ran after him, shouting, “I’ll teach you to back-talk me!” I was confused. Surely, this boy ...
When I was a kid, I remember watching as a neighborhood boy was chased out of his house by his mother. She ran after him, shouting, “I’ll teach you to back-talk me!” I was confused. Surely, this boy ...