By Mona Iehl What if there wasn’t just one “right way” to solve a math problem? I grew up thinking there was only one right way to solve, and if you didn’t get it you just weren’t a math person.…
If you teach early learners, you’ve likely heard of the importance of phonological awareness. But what exactly are the skills embedded within that umbrella term? And what are some engaging and meaningful activities you can use for both whole-class and…
Schools can be curious places. We nearly always teach students in fairly large classes. And yet there is often a considerable range of achievement and prior knowledge among our learners. In secondary settings, we all know the common phrase that…
Games and puzzles are a favorite part of math class for many students and teachers. But how can we create game-playing experiences that are mathematically meaningful as well as engaging and collaborative? In the second edition of Well-Played, Grades 3-5,…
Advice on Setting Writing Goals with Students A Q&A with Valerie Bolling, author of Goal Setting in the Writing Classroom: Building Student Agency, Independence, and Success In your new book, Goal Setting in the Writing Classroom, you draw from your…
by Sarah M. Zerwin, author of Step Aside: Strategies for Student-Driven Learning with Secondary Readers and Writers No matter how much I intend to stay out of my students’ way as readers and writers, I frequently discover places where I’m…
By Mary Ehrenworth, author of Vocabulary Connections When I was a new classroom teacher, captivated by the precocious language that many of my readers produced, I thought that reading itself would build my student’s vocabulary. My students would glean words…
Long gone are the days when Artificial Intelligence (AI) was just some futuristic concept. As we speak, AI is reshaping nearly every industry, and education is no exception. Classrooms have always had to evolve to keep pace with the ever-changing…
What happens to a child during the first five years of life has a huge influence on their current and long-term health, development, and well-being. Early childhood educators therefore play a critical role in the education and care of young…
A Q&A with Kwame Sarfo-Mensah, the author of Learning to Relearn: Supporting Identity in a Culturally Affirming Classroom. 1. What does a culturally affirming classroom look like? A culturally affirming classroom is a space where all students can be their…