Online Teaching Can Be Culturally Responsive
This article explores what culturally responsive education (CRE) looks like during remote education. The article outlines the ways in which a fifth-grade teacher is building relationships and empowering students, important building blocks of culturally responsive teaching while teaching online. Teachers of any grade level can gain ideas from this article and from Teaching Tolerance’s website… Read More ›
SEL Strategies to Support Teachers of Students with Learning Differences During the Pandemic
This EdSurge series consists of three articles focused on ways that social-emotional learning (SEL) strategies can help educators serving students with disabilities during remote teaching and learning. The authors explore ways in which SEL strategies can help reframe and address challenges in a remote learning environment in ways that will benefit all students now and… Read More ›
Promise and Peril: Examining the Role of Ed Tech for Students With Disabilities
This report released by the National Center for Learning Disabilities poses the essential questions that must be asked when approaching ed-tech investments. The resource highlights both the challenges and opportunities presented by school closures and a shift to remote or hybrid learning models in response to COVID-19. It calls for action to ensure education technology… Read More ›
Planning for Better Professional Development in an Uncertain Future
This article offers advice for administrators looking to provide professional development for teachers during remote learning. The author discusses the topics that will be most important for teachers through the next school year, including a focus on trauma-informed teaching practices and partnerships with families. The advice will be helpful to school and district leaders planning… Read More ›
Ideas for Doing PD Learning from Home
This article from a veteran teacher offers tips for educators looking for high-quality professional development they can complete from home. The author provides ideas for making the most of the materials available on the web as well as professional reading. They also suggest several places teachers can take courses online to get graduate credits without… Read More ›
Tools for Scaling Best Practices: Windows, Bridges and Roadmaps
Our last two articles (here and here) explored the scaling of Work-Study Practices (WSPs, a.k.a., deeper learning competencies) in New Hampshire, the growth of this education innovation in the state and the role of a statewide, nonprofit intermediary, the New Hampshire Learning Initiative (NHLI) as a scaling agent. There is another driver of scale observed… Read More ›
Formative Assessment and Online Learning: What Are Non-Negotiables for the New School Year?
In this article, three teachers committed to formative assessment share thoughts on which of their teaching practices must be incorporated into any teaching, whether remote or in-person, in the coming school year. Each teacher shares their thoughts on a critical practice. These include the importance of leveraging student voice, focusing on the iterative process and… Read More ›
How Educators Are Showing Up for Black Students Following Protests
This in-depth article from Education Week’s Teacher blog looks at ways educators are discussing the protests against police brutality with students during remote learning. It includes many examples and insights from teachers who are having these tough conversations with students remotely. Teachers of any subject and grade can also get more ideas from the list… Read More ›
Students Are Demanding Anti-Racist Curriculum and Instruction
This article from Education Week’s Teacher blog discusses the important involvement of youth in recent social-justice demonstrations, petitions and demands. The article outlines the demands made by students in several different parts of the country for their respective school districts to embrace, including demands such as more culturally diverse and explicitly antiracist curriculum. Educators will… Read More ›
Transitioning and Sustaining Competency-Based Education During School Closures
This article looks at the remote learning experience of South Bronx Community Charter High School (SBC), a school launched in 2016 with a strong competency education approach. A mastery-based approach positioned them to make a smoother transition to remote learning. The article discusses several strategies they continued to rely on strong relationships with advisors and… Read More ›
Providence Students Use Data to Participate in System Change
Beyoncé and many others have said, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” This is particularly true during the myriad crises presented by our current pandemic. But even before COVID-19, way back in the summer of 2019, it was all lemons for educators in Providence, RI. A blistering report from the Johns Hopkins Institute told… Read More ›
Teaching, Technology, and Teacher Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Stories from the Field
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted education, forcing teachers and teacher educators into emergency, remote instruction. While there were noted challenges, there also were global success stories of innovation in preparing current and future teachers. This eBook published by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) and the Society for Information Technology and… Read More ›