To close an English unit on social activism, this teacher had her students reflect by recognizing and writing about the activist potential in their classmates.
Game time is being cut in exchange for increased direct instruction time in reading and mathematics. But research shows that games actually nourish the brain—and one teacher uses them daily in her classroom.
Children are susceptible to superficial notions of beauty, but this teacher believes the real purpose of education is to give them a different message.