Last fall, I took a leap by connecting my classroom. Connected classrooms can reach beyond physical barriers to create conversations with people from other classrooms, cultures, and communities.

Incorporating peer review and individual reflections makes frequent, intentional formative assessment manageable, with big ...

Focus. Awareness. Resilience. Curiosity. Reflection. All are elements of thriving classrooms and students. All are trainable skills that can be intentionally taught and cultivated to strengthen ...

They are learning from top researchers and practitioners in their fields who introduce students to the latest findings and evidence-based solutions, in real time. That type of elevated engagement is ...

Traditionally, students submit their work on an assignment, after which the teacher gives feedback on that work and assigns that student a grade. Every once in awhile, we build reflection into the ...

“Quantity of devices and well-developed adaptive software is the key to a successful blended learning implementation,” said no one ever! What is key? Teacher appetite and readiness to rethink what is ...

I’ve always felt uncomfortable with traditional approaches to grading. I can understand why some approaches to grading make sense for other disciplines, other courses, other teaching philosophies, but ...

In Peter Maginot's sixth-grade class, the teacher is white, but all of his students are black. They're young and they're honestly concerned that what happened to Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Eric ...

Like thousands of other faculty members this spring, the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic moved me from the familiar comfort of my classroom to the terra incognita of online teaching. Fortunately, my ...