Develop Your Sense of "With-it-ness'’
Almost everyone has had at least one teacher who was able to simultaneously write notes on the board and tell students in the back of the room to stop making faces at each other.
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At George Washington’s Mount Vernon, remembering the enslaved people who built America
Directions: Read the summary, watch the video and answer the discussion questions. You may want to read along using the transcript
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New teachers: ‘A little help here?’
Raphael Bonhomme thought he was well prepared when he started teaching.
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How students feel about new school security measures since Parkland
Essential question: How important is it to hear directly from students about their thoughts on school safety?
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Four Myths About Motivating Students
Motivating students, especially those who seem to constantly cause trouble, can be difficult.
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Student Voice: For LGBTQ teens, "hope does exist"
Editor’s note: Recently, Karen Pence, wife of Vice President Mike Pence, came underscr
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A gift of reading for their city
High school students at Lynn Vocational Technical Institute in Massachusetts are proving they care about the littlest people on their big campus.
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Kindred Spirits Guest Post: Estella Owoimaha-Church
The famed quote from Mahatma Gandhi says, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” Except, to me, I don't think we've changed enough. And by “we,” I mean my generation and those before mine. I believe that recent climate change reports, the rise of mass shootings, school violence, national leadership, and the daily loss of black lives—to keep it brief—prove as much.
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2019 State of the Union address recap for students
Directions: Read the summary, watch the video and answer the discussion questions. You may want to read this
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Amid calls for Northam’s resignation, a look at blackface’s long racist history in America
Essential question: How do racist actions from a leader’s past affect their moral capacity to govern?
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