Today, people have access to more information than ever before. Every day, more information is available to learners through multiple sources. One challenge educators face is determining how
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Versatile Tools to Facilitate Methods and Build Essential Skills Students need opportunities to build a variety of skills in our classrooms. They need to develop essential SEL skills
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ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence-driven writing tool, has had a rapid impact on education since its release in November 2022. Educators are reconsidering traditional writing assessments due to concerns
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Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green: How community engagement drove my state’s new standards — and how it could serve as a model for other states. I’d been leading the
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If you’ve ever been involved in organized sports, I hope you had a good coach. It’s almost impossible to succeed without one. If you did, think
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“Scaffolding” has become one of those edu-speak terms that catch on and become part of our vocabulary, but what does it really mean? Is it like the scaffolding
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The education world is full of smart people. We are not short of innovative and creative thinkers. What I believe holds us back at times is finding a
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A typical project for February’s Black History Month is a report, poster, or presentation about a famous person. In a quick check of popular lesson plan websites
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As we continue to seek ways to best prepare students for the skills that they need to be successful in the future, it's important that we
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For almost a decade I’ve started the school year by asking my urban elementary students to draw a picture of what they think a scientist does at
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