Americans are overschooled
School devours a huge portion of our lives in which we constantly prepare for a future that is continually being deferred.
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Category: Backtalk
The caring teacher paradox
The unbounded nature of unconditional caring is in tension with the very need for boundaries to make any professional activity sustainable, teaching included.
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Use the SCAN approach to prevent teacher burnout
Perhaps one of the greatest joys for an educator is unexpectedly running into a former student out...
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Examining the concept of balance with instructional technology
Not every improvement requires a screen or a charger. But when tech is the right fit, it can be exciting for teachers and students.
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Balancing new technologies with proven instructional strategies
Technology has its place in school, but good teaching matters more than chasing the latest tech fad.
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Today’s students want, deserve, and need to become bilingual and biliterate
A future teacher’s experiences and insights highlight the critical role of bilingual education in shaping both individual lives and society at large.
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Missing pieces in math education
What does the history of U.S. mathematics teach us about the best path forward?
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Expanding our understanding of workplace readiness
The Know your Rights curriculum engages young people by informing them about their power as workers.
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Finding the sweet spot between curriculum fidelity and teacher agency
Educational research rarely speaks in a single voice. One area where we see this play out is in...
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Where are the teachers of color? Getting cut out and lured away.
We desperately need teachers of color. But throughout the U.S., we have not gotten them, despite decades of knowing this and making massive investments to attract them.
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Let’s get real about out-of-touch professional development
Teacher educators should themselves some hard questions. Are we meeting the needs of today’s teacher candidates and graduate-level teacher practitioners
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Simplify schooling: Respect the brain’s information organizers
What drives good schooling isn’t competition but the human need to understand, to know, to satisfy curiosity, to build better, to solve problems, to create, and to feel like part of something.
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