10 Inspiring Quotations to Help You Differentiate Your Instruction
When it comes to differentiated instruction, one of the most common questions asked by busy teachers is “How can I find the time?”
In her...
What Is Depth of Knowledge?
By Erik Francis
Depth of knowledge.
It's a concept we in education have heard a lot about since our states transitioned to college and career ready...
Five Tips for Getting Started With Differentiation in a Secondary Classroom
By Jessica Hockett
Differentiation in middle and high school doesn't need to involve designing eight different assignments, orchestrating complex group work, or turning the physical...
Five Elements of a Positive Classroom Environment for Students Living with Adversity
How many of us have been formally trained to teach students living with adverse childhood experiences? When we ask this question throughout the U.S., few...
The Difference between Gamification and Game-Based Learning
By Steven Isaacs
Have you tried to gamify your classroom? Do you incorporate game-based learning into your curriculum? Gamification and game-based learning have become buzzwords...
21 Questions To Ask About Curriculum Development
Too often, educators approach curriculum development as a product to be created. Continuous improvement should be about answering questions, rather than checking off goals....
Six Classroom Activities to Spark Discussion of Racism and Privilege
You’ve probably heard of Jane Elliott’s 1968 classroom experiment on prejudice
When one of her students asked why the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed...
6 Questions To Ask Your Students On Day One
It’s that time again - time to think about that very first day of school and how you greet your class on day one....
Seven Qualities of an Instructional Coach
Everybody needs a coach. Coaching is commonly thought about in terms of sports, however, coaching in the education setting has the ability to inspire,...
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Do endings matter?
“Offer that extension,” he writes. “Excuse that assignment…. Let us, by showing grace, make the memory of this stormy year just a bit more peaceful.”
So how did other countries handle the shift to distance learning?
A new report from NCEE details the actions countries with high-performing school systems took to do distance learning well.
