Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 17, 2022

You’ve been teaching for five years and love what you’re doing. Most of the teachers at your school have been there years — even decades — and you have no doubt that, too, will be you. The only good news: Your boss told you already, giving you time to job hunt for the new school year. What to include.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2020

During the conversation with EdSurge, Kendi shared his perspective about inequitable education outcomes and how antiracist policy changes could benefit the students who grow up with the least access to resources in their homes and schools. “I Does the book reflect your own teaching style or teaching philosophy?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

During my 20 years as a music teacher and band director at Far Hills Country Day School, a Pre-K through 8 independent school in Far Hills, New Jersey, I have had wonderful success integrating music across multiple curriculums, including history, math, science, writing, PE, art and world languages. But what about the other 80 percent?

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eSchool News

JULY 13, 2016

These Back-2-School with Math professional development math webinars give teachers confidence and inspiration as they learn math strategies on planning a successful school year for students, and parent involvement using Mathematical Practice Standards. Back-2-School with Math webinars support any math curriculum or classroom style.

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2016

These Back-2-School with Math professional development math webinars give teachers confidence and inspiration as they learn math strategies on planning a successful school year for students, and parent involvement using Mathematical Practice Standards. Back-2-School with Math webinars support any math curriculum or classroom style.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2025

GenerationAI Coalition Partners: Center for Black Educator Development Computer Science Teachers Association Indigitize Latinos for Education National Education Association Playlab A focus on equity and fairness must thoughtfully address the circumstances and backgrounds of all the students in our schools.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2024

With over 20 years of teaching experience, Darren Zink, along with Megan Holloway (3 years) and Paige Kanaly (5 years), share a group of 90 students and help them connect what they’re learning in the classroom with the real world. said Amir Law, EdD, District Director, Mesa Public Schools, ElevateEdAZ.

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Gaggle Speaks

APRIL 7, 2016

Sure, the school year is approaching the finish line. Making a few changes to the way you’ve always conducted this time-honored school event can also give parents an example of what it means to flip a classroom. Introduce some hashtags before the evening and then continue to use them throughout the school year.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2023

Last year, Talley Ochoa taught as a long-term sub in a public school in San Jose, California. This year, she’s teaching U.S. history at a high school in East Palo Alto while she wraps up her coursework. Marine Corps right out of high school, and later, went to work for a large clothing retailer. She enlisted in the U.S.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 17, 2025

This fear intensified in high school, where frequent tests ranked students publicly. To accompany this teaching philosophy, I adopt ungrading 2 in all my courses. She teaches elementary and secondary social studies methods courses. Grades were everythingsymbols of success and a source of validation.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

At the all-girls boarding high school that Ruth Cady attended in a small Virginia town, she recalls being a middling student. By March 2000, during her senior year of high school, Ruth Cady was chatting with her assigned freshman roommate. Then, between working and caring for her baby, Ruth Cady got too busy for school.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 9, 2017

You’ve been teaching for five years and love what you’re doing. Most of the teachers at your school have been there years — even decades — and you have no doubt that, too, will be you. The only good news: Your boss told you already, giving you time to job hunt for the new school year. What to include.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 15, 2024

But I’m not daunted by the work to come, because the biggest challenge is behind me: acknowledging that I still have much to learn about teaching. Perhaps my learning outcomes will help me know the value of that place for the first time in my teaching career (with apologies to T. and for Others (Rock’s Mills Press, 2018).

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 15, 2024

But I’m not daunted by the work to come, because the biggest challenge is behind me: acknowledging that I still have much to learn about teaching. Perhaps my learning outcomes will help me know the value of that place for the first time in my teaching career (with apologies to T. and for Others (Rock’s Mills Press, 2018).

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2023

EdSurge recently connected with Hershovitz to hear why he thinks it’s important to nurture philosophy in kids throughout school and college, and what advice he has for educators about how to do it. I would love to see philosophy taught in schools. I especially worry as I watch my oldest son, who is in middle school now.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

APRIL 14, 2025

If many teachers in a school are experiencing burnout, that school may struggle with chronic absenteeism, which can negatively affect student performance. Teacher burnout is a reason more educators quitting teaching completely. Change up your classroom organization to get a new lease on the school year!

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Melissa Williams, Senior Instructional Designer, Mitchell Hamline School of Law. Whether the schools are large or small, public or private, research-focused or bent towards the arts, the challenge of improving collaboration with faculty is the same. It’s all about the faculty. Olaf College. The future is adaptive.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

When you ask people what the flipped classroom is, they automatically go to the videos,” says Ryan Hull, a Kansas middle school teacher who has been flipping his social studies classes for the past six years. “I It has become hard to pin down as it finally begins to shake off the stigma of an online video fad.

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Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2019

It’s often said that teaching and learning doesn’t always take place in the classroom—some of the most important lessons are learned on the playground, in the street, on the job or somewhere else. The same is true for educators, whose teaching philosophies are often shaped by moments that happened when they weren't in front of the classroom.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2025

On my first day as an Arabic teacher, my school mentor sternly advised me, "Avoid the three taboos: sex, politics, and religion. When I started teaching Arabic in a public school, I inherited the curriculum and materials from the previous teacher. At first, I adhered to these guidelines.

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