COVID-19
Let's Stop Worrying and Lean on What Works in Early Reading
Should we worry about whether our earliest readers are learning to read, during the pandemic? Some point to concerning evidence of widening gaps in reading proficiency, especially in the early...
CRT
Students Don't Just Study Black History, They Are Black History
*Mic check* (Ahem). Educators: Are you aware that this month is Black History Month? Have you asked your students, specifically your Black students, what they’d like to see and/or do for Black...
School Choice
Review: Schneider and Berkshire’s 'A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door' Is a Missed Opportunity
“A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door,” the new book from education professor Jack Schneider and writer Jennifer Berkshire, purports to tell the story of the dismantling of public education. Although I...
activism
These Students Let Their Textbook Publisher Know Nobody 'Needed' Slavery
Fourth-grade teacher, Laura Wooley, was preparing her students for an upcoming social studies test using a McGraw-Hill textbook. During the course of the review, her students found an issue with the...
Diversity
10 Books to Help Your Students Find the Diverse Voices They Need to Hear
The day my teaching changed forever didn’t happen in a classroom. It happened at the local mall, in a bookstore that was going out of business. No English teacher can resist a book on sale, and what...
Books
10 Summer Book Recommendations for Teachers, by Teachers
Everybody loves to give teachers their ideas for a great summer reading list. But what happens when teachers themselves do the choosing? Now that we’re deep into July, I asked my teacher friends to...