Jago, C. (2020, February). For the Love of Books. Educational Leadership: Rooted in Reading, 77(5). Retrieved March 9, 2020.
How to get teens to put down their phones and pick up a book.
April 4, 2020
High expectations refers to an effort to maintain the same high educational standards for all students in a class or school. It is based on the belief that with time and appropriate supports, all students can learn; all brains can grow and change. Educators who teach with high expectations ensure that all students have the supports needed to achieve at equally high levels.
Kay, M. (2020, February). Confronting Inquity? Funding the Jeffersonian Dismissal. Educational Leadership: Rooted in Reading, 77(5). Retrieved March 9, 2020.
A founding father’s views on race challenge teachers to change course.
April 3, 2020
Renwick, M. (2020, February 27). 5 Indicators of Empowered Readers. ASCD: Engaging Every Reader, 15(12). Retrieved March 9, 2020.
How do you know if students are empowered as readers? How do you know if they believe in themselves and their reading abilities? As a classroom teacher and principal for
April 3, 2020
Sackstein, S. (2019, April 21). PSA: When Giving Feedback, Don’t Lead With ‘I Love” or ‘I Like”. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
When providing feedback, rather than approval-seeking feeling words like “like” or “love,” feedback providers (teachers, students, peers) should focus on developing efficacy around particular skills and leave the nurturing/validating emotional
April 3, 2020
Platt, R. (2020, February 11). How We Get Kids to Read Hard Nonfiction. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
Students should learn to read nonfiction well, according to school principal and teacher Rita Platt. In this blog post, Platt describes how her school’s teachers encourage students to read nonfiction
April 3, 2020
Minkel, J. (2019, April 8). 4 Things Teachers Shouldn’t Be Asking Their Students to Do. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
Spider-Man’s Uncle Ben could have been speaking directly to teachers when he said, “With great power comes great responsibility.”
April 3, 2020
Young, J. R. (2020, February 11). Why Talking About ‘Screen Time’ Is the Wrong Conversation. Retreived February 10, 2020.
The concept of “screen time” for children is often demonized in the media, but technology can play a vital role in learning, Lisa Guernsey says in this interview. Guernsey says
April 3, 2020
Wehrly, K. (2020, February 10). Wehrly: What’s the Secret to Closing the Achievement Gap? Aligning Curriculum, Teacher and Student Expectations, and Whole-Child Support.
The key to closing the student achievement gap is focusing on alignment, asserts Kari Wehrly, chief of schools in a California community. In this commentary, Wehrly shares how coordinating curriculum,
April 3, 2020
Lee, L. (2020, February 4). Simple Ways to Encourage Kindness in Students of All Ages. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
With Random Acts of Kindness Day approaching, here are five easy ways to promote kindness across all age groups.
March 27, 2020
Sager, K. D. (2020, February 10). A different kind of love on Valentine’s Day at Olean Intermediate Middle School. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
Students at Olean Intermediate Middle School will be “spreading a different kind of love on Valentine’s Day” when they participate in the new initiative, No One Eats Alone, to be
March 27, 2020
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