Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2023

In the initial “I used to think…” stage, students reflect on their beliefs or opinions about a specific topic, subject, or issue. Reading a Story: After reading a story with a surprise ending, the teacher could guide students to discuss how their predictions evolved as they read.

Ethics 331

Ethics Metacognitive Skills Culture Critical Thinking 331

eSchool News

MARCH 28, 2019

These misconceptions are having a detrimental impact on struggling readers, and school leaders need to set the tone and build a school culture where best practices and evidence-based research are shared to create a system of support for all readers. Lower expectations for students that are falling behind due to reading.

Disabilities 263

Disabilities Teaching Beliefs Schools 263

eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2017

Our reading scores could be better. While many of us agree that’s a step in the right direction, “whats” typically compartmentalize efforts and building tasks instead of culture. As such, we all—regardless of community, economy, demographic, age or any other data point—are compelled by one factor: belief.

Questions 271

Questions Beliefs STEM Culture 271

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

One is cultural, says Yong Zhao, author of the book “Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon?: Parents push for intense studying out of the belief that even a single point on these exams can make a difference in their child’s fortures, Hu says. Other observers read between the lines and discern another motivation.

Culture 162

Culture English Exams Cognitive Development 162

Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2017

He was motivated, in part, by the September opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture on the Washington Mall, just 30 minutes away from Dominion High. But if you search for designs related to identity, history, or culture,” he says, you find nothing. That was something that made this pretty powerful.”.

Culture 136

Culture Beliefs History Students 136

eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Read aloud: In preschool classrooms, read-aloud sessions play a vital role in daily learning. To support these skills, we need engaging tools that make learning to read enjoyable. Over the past five years, I have utilized an interactive whiteboard to enhance my read-aloud sessions.

Beliefs 243

Beliefs Classroom Management Reading Elementary School 243

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

At the heart of AEFs teaching methods is the belief that learning should be engaging and accessible. Whether its reinforcing math concepts, improving reading comprehension, or learning a new language, these resources make learning more engaging and effective. But learning doesnt stop with formal training.

Skills 144

Skills Schools Learning Students 144

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

I’d already read many stories about ChatGPT in the news, and initially, I wasn’t concerned that the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) would impact my teaching. It made no sense to continue reading textbooks and articles saying the Taíno were gone when that was plainly false. That should scare me, but it doesn’t.

Teaching 217

Teaching Beliefs Education Culture 217

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The question is: How do I empower our white teachers to be their most authentic selves while creating culturally responsive experiences for our students of color? What came up for you as you read about the character’s experience or feelings? What beliefs or values do you hold that may show up in unproductive ways during instruction?

Beliefs 196

Beliefs Culture Education Students 196

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2017

Check back later this month for the next must-read post!]. The good news was that she was reconsidering her beliefs and was now convinced that she had been underestimating her students. I asked Rob: How can K-12 leaders build a culture that supports risk-taking among their staff? Next page: Supporting change and risk-taking).

Beliefs 290

Beliefs Schools Culture Knowledge 290

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Read about 10 more finalists here !) Read about the three 2023 winners here. She harnesses the power of many platforms, devices, and peripherals to offer her students personalized instruction, inclusivity, data-driven feedback, cross-cultural exchanges, and the support of other educators at their school.

Education 327

Education Elementary School Elementary School Math 327

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2017

We should learn from experiences, particularly if those experiences show our previous beliefs to be untrue. So why are people so easy to fool when it comes to beliefs about learning? But those beliefs persist. Beliefs about science can become entangled with our self-identities, even if they didn’t start out that way.”.

Learning Styles 161

Learning Styles Beliefs Learning Evaluation 161

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2021

As many educators have said to me with a rueful laugh, it would not be acceptable at a restaurant to say that you weren’t really a “reading person,” and could someone please read the menu for you. I mean that college-educated adults often balk at estimating a 20 percent tip without a calculator.

Math 217

Math Elementary School Elementary School Beliefs 217

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Read about the three 2023 winners here. The online program offers a solution to families seeking alternative ways to have students educated, while maintaining the core belief that traditional schooling is valuable and not easily replaced. reading intervention program. Jump to: Tamiko Hatcher , Michelle Kruse , Dr. Dana T.

Education 294

Education Math Reading Secondary Education 294

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

In my early years as a teacher, I would read teaching books desperately looking for bulleted lists and numbered paragraphs. The truth is, when it comes to navigating the interpersonal conflicts that tend to arise in schools—shaped by trauma, cultural and racial tensions, and broken trust—there is no quick fix or 1-2-3 protocol to follow.

Beliefs 162

Beliefs Coaching History Attention 162

Edsurge

JULY 13, 2022

Each tool displays the lines for a specific character—say, Juliet—so that a user can read those words aloud—like, “O Romeo, Romeo! The creators of both systems also share the belief that acting out a scene from a play is a natural form of active learning. Both offer experiences that may best be described as “Shakespeare karaoke.”

Teaching 196

Teaching Art Beliefs English 196

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2024

Student success is more often defined by whether a learner demonstrates achievement on what my grandmother called the “3 R's: Reading, Writing and Arithmetic” — the core academic skills needed to illustrate mastery on standardized assessments. This is a dilemma. Is it marked by enthusiasm, love and care, and purposeful focus?

Beliefs 197

Beliefs Essay Schools Students 197

Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2022

I spent days pinpointing various times that I contradicted my beliefs. Hollie’s work explores how students' culture impacts how they engage in the school environment. In this sense, culture transcends race and includes age, religion, and class, to name a few. What was I negotiating?

Culture 189

Culture Failure Beliefs Students 189

Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2022

They can’t read Shakespeare —a teacher told me when they found out I was starting a unit on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with my ninth-grade students— do you even know them? Can’t read. It means taking the standards-aligned curriculum and shaping it to be culturally relevant for each of your students. Can’t write.

Teachers 168

Teachers Culture Education Beliefs 168

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Students who are aware of the unconscious beliefs they have developed and the opportunities from which they benefit—or do not benefit—are able to develop racial and cultural literacy. Expand this exercise by challenging students to research a community issue they could address.

Student Engagement 218

Student Engagement Learning Students Middle School 218

Edsurge

JULY 25, 2023

Read the first part here. Latinos who work in education are ready for change , and they say their culture already holds dear values like community-building and generosity that are needed to improve education for their students. It’s generally a culture of helpfulness and inclusivity, he expands, one that uplifts everyone.

Teachers 148

Teachers Education Culture Ethics 148

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Whether a feature film or an instructional video, the ‘80s and ‘90s were a ‘press-play’ culture that expected students to sit still, absorb and retain, while the educator sat in the back grading. At poetry readings in particular, I lean into the words that a poet shares before or after reading each poem.

Teaching 191

Teaching Instructors Teaching Philosophy Education 191

Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2023

Their studies take a look at how simple assignments that ask participants to read about how other older students have felt out-of-place at school — the first year of middle school and first year of college, to be precise — can build resistance to that sneaky inner voice that says, “I don’t belong here.” I would stop to start saying how I am.

Middle School 177

Middle School Middle School Schools Students 177

Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2023

The trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing culture wars and disappointing academic performance results have made education discourse particularly fraught. We all carry our own beliefs and bring our own biases. There is no doubt that our schools are in crisis.

Teachers 164

Teachers Students Culture Beliefs 164

Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2019

Gaining confidence can be elusive to those of us in higher education, since academic culture can often subtract from our confidence, instead of building it up." If we gathered all the stories of people reading this column together, we would have a tapestry of diverse people who all had unique approaches to contributing to others’ growth.

Teaching 167

Teaching Course Evaluations Peer Review Culture 167

Edsurge

MAY 1, 2017

At Rocketship, teachers used a variety of digital math and reading tools to provide individualized instruction for students in computer labs everyday. At Zeal, the general belief is that data is most impactful when it is in the hands of teachers in the most simplified format.

Culture 101

Culture Math Achievement Beliefs 101

k12 Digest

APRIL 26, 2025

That belief creates a school culture built on respect, kindness, and forgiveness. Whether theyre organizing events, reading to classes, or serving as guest speakers, theyre not just spectators in their childrens education; theyre participants. One of the most cherished traditions at St. Joseph is the Mass Buddies program.

Knowledge 144

Knowledge Beliefs Schools Art 144

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2018

But researchers following school districts who have implemented such practices, note that SEL practices hold “limited promise” for changing trends in school discipline because notions inherent in much of the pedagogy don’t consider power, privilege and cultural differences. There has to be a great deal of intentionality.

Schools 133

Schools Learning Culture Beliefs 133

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

You don't become a skilled mountain climber by just reading or watching others climb. In 1998, critical research that examined data from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) revealed teaching methods varied significantly across cultures , resulting in a “ teaching gap.” And that's how people learn math.

Problem-Based Learning 196

Problem-Based Learning Math Education Learning 196

Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2017

And then began his most ambitious effort: Hosting and producing “Reading Rainbow,” a television program that delivered books and a love of learning to children via television. I like to say that you either read a book or she would beat you with it. So I grew up in a household where reading was like breathing.

Education 154

Education Reading Beliefs Culture 154

Elevate k12

MAY 15, 2025

It takes the right strategies, thoughtful planning, and a belief that every learner can grow and succeed. Go-To Organizer #2: Show how ideas relate to each other with Venn Diagrams Download templates Venn Diagrams and T-Charts are especially helpful for comparing and contrasting ideas in reading, writing, or discussions.

Languages 52

Languages Language Participation Writing 52

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

My goal is to do my task and get 50 percent or more,” it reads. Core to the charter network’s vision is a belief that students can be empowered to make choices that direct their learning, with guidance from teachers and access to real-time data. This is really about a whole belief, a way of educating, thinking and learning.

Beliefs 140

Beliefs Schools Assignments Grades 140

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Fuentes put it another way: “People filter the information through the lens of their past experiences; they reject contradictions to existing beliefs.” In any case, interpretations can be subjective, idiosyncratic, cultural." We need to read thoroughly through an entire piece before sharing and amplifying a message,” shared Sipley.

Attention 165

Attention Teaching Beliefs Questions 165

Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2019

On the show, individuals read aloud the beliefs and struggles that guide their daily lives. STEM pedagogy has a historic culture that assumes problems in the classroom are mostly a function of student deficits, placing the blame on students’ weaknesses or learning differences rather than other factors influencing their education.

Technology 167

Technology Teaching Intellectual Development Instructors 167

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

I read an interesting article in EdSurge last week about how current educational technologies do little to move learners beyond rote recall of knowledge and it caught me off guard. It was not the belief that technology has yet to be harnessed to its highest potential that surprised me.

Teachers 167

Teachers Feedback Knowledge Beliefs 167

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2018

The program’s fourth and latest cohort include: Caribu (Miami) allows any trusted adult to read and draw with children, through an interactive video-call, no matter how far apart. Although few at the time shared LaHayne’s belief SEL was crucial for student success, that did not deter her. Words Liive (Washington, D.C.)

Counselling 125

Counselling Quizzes Essay Art 125

Edsurge

MAY 10, 2019

Studies have shown that gaps in reading grow larger among low-income students over summer, while middle class students experienced gains between spring and fall. She instead suggest a three-pronged approach: arts education, arts and cultural offerings, like museum visits, and then integrating the arts into teaching other subjects.

Art 167

Art Learning Beliefs Achievement 167