An ode to joy
It was early in 2019 when my colleagues and I decided that this month’s Kappan would focus on...
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Tag: May 2020
The Long Island play revolution
Students flourish academically, socially, and emotionally when a school district starts making...
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Jailbreak your PD
Educators can benefit from a variety of professional learning opportunities outside the education field.
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Another education war? The coming debates over social and emotional learning
Responding to Timothy Shriver and Roger Weissberg’s article in the April 2020 Kappan, Yong Zhao...
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Disciplinary policies for students with special needs
The process for disciplining students with disabilities must take into account how their behavior...
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Creating a system of professional learning that meets teachers’ needs
A teacher survey helps science educators set a direction for statewide professional learning. ...
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Joyful learning at scale: Immersing students in the arts
Adolescents tend to flourish when their schools give them meaningful opportunities to study and...
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Kappan authors on play and learning
Far from a distraction and time waster, play contributes to student learning, but incorporating...
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Charter schools: What a long, strange trip it’s been
What are the reasons for the recent resistance to charter schools? And what’s the way forward? ...
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School makerspaces: Beyond the hype
Makerspaces have great potential for enhancing learning, but only if educators attend to the...
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Mrs. Swanson: A teacher with vision
A 3rd-grade teacher expands her rural students’ view of the world — and of themselves. For one...
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To live and breathe anatomy
In an elective student-led science class, students and their teacher discover the joy of solving...
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