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BYOD? [Bring Your Own Device]
Relying on personal devices at school raises serious equity questions.
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Old Problem, New Approach
Heritage months offer opportunities to model yearlong inclusive teaching practices.
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Help Students Respond With Empathy and Respect
Tanenbaum and Teaching Tolerance share tips for coaching students during class discussions on religious and nonreligious beliefs.
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Teaching Students About Historical Significance
How can educators push their students to think past a static understanding of history in developmentally appropriate ways? This teacher offers some insights from his classroom.
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Caring for Plants and Animals Fosters Empathy
Empathy and caring need to be nurtured through direct involvement in meaningful activities. Involving children in the care of plants and animals is an excellent way to do this.
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Good Work in Education
Excellence, ethics and engagement—are you practicing the “three E’s” as a teacher?
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Proposed Medicaid Funding Cuts Could Devastate Special Education
The U.S. House’s proposed health care bill sends a clear message that special education mandates aren’t on its funding priority list.
teaching strategy
Community Inquiry
Text Treasure Hunt
Student teams look for clues and respond to questions that help them identify details, organization, inferences and comparisons in the central text.
July 13, 2014
student task
Do Something
Film Festival
Students review films related to a theme in the central text, then plan, prepare for and host a community film festival.
July 13, 2014
lesson
Immigration Myths
In this lesson, students will deconstruct common myths about immigrants and the process of immigration in the United States. They will also have an opportunity to share their knowledge with the greater community.
March 7, 2017