Making K-12 Online Learning an Option
What do you know about K-12 online education? Are you a proponent, opponent, indifferent, or uninformed? I’ll be honest and say that many of the conversations
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Teaching “Tough” Students
Empathy matters when it comes to teaching “tough” students. Often times, these students have built layers of separation between authority figures and themselves as a
Needed: More Critical Readers & Thinkers
If there’s anything that my engagement on social media has shown me, it’s the vastness of adult Americans who lack critical reading and thinking abilities. Initially, I wanted
Free & Easy Online Tech for Assessing Your Student’s Mastery
Essays. Quizzes. Reports. Q/As. Tests. Let’s face it. As teachers, we get tired of grading the same types of work. As parents, we get tired
Designing Your Student’s Curriculum
You’re responsible for teaching your student or child a particular concept, but you’re finding that the curriculum (workbooks, internet resources, district-provided tools, etc.) isn’t meeting the
3 Costs of Considering Student Voice
The world, in general, has very antiquated views of childhood and student capabilities. Despite the research supporting children’s ability to understand complex ideas with proper scaffolding
3 Reasons Why Public School Students are Internet Deprived
Today I watched an interview in which Susan Patrick, President and CEO of the International Association for K-12 Online Learning, cited a startling statistic. She
Combating the Happy Teacher Myth
I have had days that made me question my career choice. I have had weeks in which I actively sought out job leads and updated my résumé.
Problem-Based Learning and Persuasion
I learned early on in my teaching career to let the kids have the “stage” and play my role as the backstage manager/learning facilitator. But,
Basic: The US Standard
The Reading: “Data: Student Achievement in the Era of Accountability” published by Education Week on December 30, 2015 Nearly 15 years after the inception of President Bush’s
