Ensuring Student-Centered Opportunities for All Students
I trust it is the hope of every principal that the educational debt Ladson-Billings refers to is resolved at the end of each academic year and that all students have achieved equitable learning outcomes. But as we know, academic outcomes are not enough. Schools are expected to educate the whole child too, as evident in… Read More ›
Innovative Ways to Make Coronavirus a Teachable Moment
This article explores ways in which teachers can incorporate discussion of COVID-19 in their current lessons. It offers examples from a variety of subject areas and grades. The article might spark ideas for creatively using the current situation to engage students and encourage student voice through content that feels relevant and connected to their current… Read More ›
Surviving and Thriving as a School Librarian During a Pandemic
This article explores ways to transform the operation of school libraries during closures due to COVID-19. The authors offer tips on how to maintain access to resources, engage students, and support school staff. This article was written specifically for librarians of middle schools and high schools. Source Organization: American Association of School Librarians Visit the… Read More ›
New Strategies in Special Education as Kids Learn From Home
This article offers advice for teachers and schools providing special education services remotely. The author provides specific ideas for helping families recreate some of the supports children receive at school, such as a sense of structure or ways to participate in sensory and gross motor activities. In general, the article discusses a shift in the… Read More ›
Lesson Study Blog Series from the High Tech High Graduate School of Education
This blog series documents how High Tech High Graduate School of Education’s network of schools became interested in lesson study. They have shared how their lesson study teams got started – by creating a shared vision of their hopes and dreams for students, determining a research question and theory of action, narrowing in on a… Read More ›
The 3 Biggest Remote Teaching Concerns We Need to Solve Now
This article looks at three issues that have grown from the shift to remote learning in response to school closures due to COVID-19. In particular, it examines concerns over student privacy, accessibility of education technology materials for all students and equitable access to online learning technology and internet connection. This is a thoughtful piece for… Read More ›
What We Know about Successful Instruction in a Digital Environment
Earlier this week, I read this post on Facebook, and it got me thinking… Attention Parents: As we move closer to embarking on what is being called “remote teaching,” I am asking my Facebook friends to refrain from publicly scrutinizing their children’s teachers for the way they are teaching or the lessons they are assigning.… Read More ›
4 Common Barriers to Accessible Content for all Students
Whenever educators are delivering new content online is is important that all students, including those with disabilities, can access the materials. While most learning management systems (LMS) and software programs provide some accessibility compliance checking, they sometimes make mistakes or miss important considerations. This article offers clear, specific advice teachers can use to review the… Read More ›
How Will Schools Provide Special Education During the Coronavirus Crisis?
This article looks at the challenge districts are facing to provide special education services and equitable access to learning during school closures due to COVID-19. It dives into the dilemma administrators across the nation are facing trying to interpret and adhere to federal policies and discusses how different districts have responded. While it cannot provide… Read More ›
14 Tips For Helping Students With Limited Internet Have Distance Learning
This article is full of strategies and tips to help make distance learning work for students with limited internet access during this time of school closures due to COVID-19. It provides specific, practical tips for working with students who only have cellphones and limited data or internet plans to complete school work. It includes advice… Read More ›
Here’s What Schools Can Do For the Millions of Students Without Internet Access
This article describes how schools are working to address issues of unequal access to learning during school closures due to COVID-19 by boosting connectivity to the internet. In particular, it discusses the growing number of schools and districts purchasing hot spots. The article also looks at the creative ways some schools and districts are reaching… Read More ›
This Large District Uses 4 Questions to Teach Every Educator How the Brain Learns
This story explores the work being done in the Frederick County Public Schools in Maryland to align research on learning science with their practice district-wide. The district has done extensive research on mindset theory and research on how the brain learns. Staff are then evaluating their current practices with this lens, asking questions such as… Read More ›