Teacher Update: December 5, 2019: December 5, 2019

Weekly news and resources for teacher leaders, December 5, 2019. View as web page.

SPECIAL REPORT

Data: How Reading Is Really Being Taught

New survey data from Education Week show that most K-2 teachers and education professors are using instructional methods that run counter to the cognitive science. Read more.

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OPINION

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Tiny Teaching Stories: 'I'm Just Not Ready to Go Home Yet'

Super-short stories written by teachers about their triumphs and frustrations, and the hilarious or absurd moments from their lives. Read more.

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Enrollment in Teacher-Preparation Programs Is Declining Fast. Here's What the Data Show

Nearly every state in the nation has experienced enrollment declines, with some states seeing steep declines of more than 50 percent. Read more.


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Lucy Calkins, Creator of Reading Workshop, Responds to 'Phonics-Centric People'

This Teacher Is Suing Her District Over Working for Free, Buying School Supplies

What Teenagers Think About the First Amendment

Even Gifted Educators Say Their Classes Don't Reach All Who Need Them

Pointillism in 1st Grade? Teachers Use Unfamiliar Lessons to Mine for Giftedness

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TEACHER BLOGS

I Am an English Teacher. Rubrics Are No Way to Teach Writing

What Differentiated Instruction Is Not: A Teacher's Perspective

Stop Ignoring the Innovation That Happens in Traditional Public Schools

Moving Beyond Binaries to Evaluate Educational Equity

'Instructional Coaching Can Be Frustrating at Times'

Instructional Coaching Must Not Lead to an 'Us vs. Them' Mentality

Why Is the Relationship Between 'Learning Culture' and 'Equity Culture' So Lopsided?

FEATURED VIDEO

'Co-Teaching Is a Marriage'

Two Baltimore-area school teachers explore what it's like to share a classroom every day. (October 14, 2011) Watch video.

EDUCATION WEEK FREE SPOTLIGHT

Project-Based Learning

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