First Person
Teaching
Opinion
To Understand Your Students, Use 'Compassionate Curiosity'
When Kyle Redford stopped assuming that she knew the motivations behind her students' actions, she started to build stronger relationships.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
What an Infamous Jail Break Tells Us About Teaching Persistence
All students are capable of persistence, no matter how disengaged from academics they may seem, writes Steve Heisler.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
The Way We Read Online Has Changed. As Literacy Teachers, We Need to Keep Up
Now that students can integrate code and multimedia into the texts they create, schools need a new approach to literacy, writes Chris Panell.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
How Telling Students My Most Difficult Story Made Me a Better Writing Teacher
Teachers need to model vulnerability before students can feel comfortable sharing personal stories, writes David Rockower.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
After 1,155 Hours Together, a Teacher's End-of-Year Letter to Her Students
As the school year comes to a close, Krystal Centinello tells her tattletales, class clowns, and daydreamers what they’ve taught her.
Reading & Literacy
Opinion
4 Steps to a Magnificent Classroom Library
Teachers need to look closely at the range of reading levels, experiences, and genres represented in their classroom libraries.
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
When School Rules Are Different for Students of Color
Far too many teachers enforce overly strict school rules at their students’ expense, writes Chicago teacher Gina Caneva.
Teaching
Opinion
How Unexpected Interruptions Hurt Student Learning
Intrusions curb the flow of even the most well-planned lessons. It's time schools rethink the procedures that undermine student engagement.
Assessment
Opinion
Want to Differentiate Instruction? Use Your Time Wisely
To improve instruction, teachers should work together to figure out smarter ways of using their time, says coach Lisa Westman.
Teaching
Opinion
What Happened When I Committed to Loving My Students Unconditionally
For one school year, teacher Kyle Redford created a plan to love her students without strings attached. Here’s what she took away.
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
Sheer Luck Shouldn't Be the Only Thing Stopping Our Students From Dying
In the wake of another school shooting, teacher Ashley Lauren Samsa reflects on what it feels like to go on lockdown with her students.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Have Your Feelings for Black and Latino Students Lowered Your Expectations for Them?
Whether it is discomfort or ignorance or a combination of both, many teachers don’t demand enough of their students of color, writes educator Jamilah Pitts.
Teaching
Opinion
The Anger Teachers Don’t Feel Comfortable Expressing
There is a strong taboo against teachers admitting to anger, let alone expressing it, writes Justin Minkel. Here are four ways they can handle that.
Curriculum
Opinion
Four Ways to Put Civics Education Front and Center for Elementary Students
Teachers have a responsibility to give students the strategies and resources to actively engage with their communities, writes elementary teacher Gail Sider.