Each act of cyberbullying hurts students, disrupts classrooms, and affects your school’s culture and community. So how should you handle it? What should you do or say? And…
There's no arguing the importance of STEM education, but schools and districts don't always have the money to "extra" STEM activities for students or teachers. That's where grants…
As we address the challenges of a highly competitive world, we must enable students to learn and generate new ideas by moving away from the “old school” classroom.…
Since the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, we've heard from many educators who are looking for resources to support students’ social and…
In my previous post, How wearables, AR, and VR help students develop SEL skills (part 1), I explored the ways in which wearables, augmented reality (AR), and virtual…
I have been in education for 18 years and my strongest belief is that all children deserve a fresh start when they begin each school year. My classroom…
Who you know matters. Depending on their socio-economic and geographic backgrounds, and availability of school resources, students possess vastly different ... Read more
A social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum adds valuable lessons to a student’s normal school day that will help propel them beyond academic success and onto success in life. No…
“Jeff. I’ve got a big challenge. Help!” That was a voicemail message I received from a friend, a principal at a local elementary school one sunny summer afternoon.…
In her post, “Now is the Time to Redefine Readiness,” my colleague Katherine Prince detailed how the world of work is changing, creating an urgent need to redefine…
A new, disturbing pattern has cropped back up that is reminiscent of some nasty behavior from the early days of Internet nefarious exploits: targeting schools and students and…
Information literacy skills top many lists of must-have abilities, especially in the age of fake news. Not all results in a Google search are legitimate--but how many of…
Videos can be used in many ways in the classroom and in professional learning, and they can greatly benefit students if they’re engaging and thought-provoking. They’re also valuable…
With declining U.S. student math scores, our schools would be wise to adopt a new formula that is sure to paint a prettier picture for the country’s STEM…
Being able to recall facts may help you look good in front of your friends during trivia night, but memorizing content of the past has become largely irrelevant…
The great thing about informal assessments is they help us gauge students’ understanding during the learning process instead of after. Informal assessment also changes teachers’ relationship to student…
In digital citizenship education, the idea of a digital footprint--the "tracks" students leave behind online as they interact on social media and put information online--is nothing new. But…