Four Ways to Begin to Change the Narrative about American Indians in K-12 Instruction
Published December 04, 2019
"Are there actual Indians there?" This is a question I often heard when I told people that I was a teacher on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in[...]
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7 Strategies for Building Gratitude in Your Classroom
Published November 19, 2019
With childhood depression and anxiety on the rise, many schools and districts are looking to social emotional learning practices to help. A growing[...]
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Infusing Student-Centered Literacy Practices into an Established Curriculum
Published October 22, 2019
This is the fifth blog in our Newsela student-centered literacy blog series. You can find the previous installment here and the subsequent, and[...]
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Scaffolding Academic Discussions for English Language Learners
Published October 08, 2019
This is the third blog in our Newsela student-centered literacy blog series. You can find the previous installment here and the subsequent[...]
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The Breakout Box Phenomenon- Will This New Teaching Tool and Strategy Benefit My Classroom?
Published February 21, 2019
Over the course of this school year, Ann has been working with her BetterLesson instructional coach, Romain Bertrand, on shifting to a more[...]
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Students in Charge and in Control: Exploring and Designing Student Self-Paced Online Learning
Published February 05, 2019
An interview of Rabbi David Saltzman
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You Taught it. They Didn’t Get it. Now What? 5 Strategies to Use When Re-Teaching
Published January 29, 2019
As teachers we often find ourselves most frequently using teaching strategies that make us feel comfortable. But what if what we like best doesn’t[...]
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How BetterLesson Coaching and the Open Up Resources Math Curriculum Made My Classroom More Student-Centered
Published January 15, 2019
Kim Kellam teaches Accelerated 6/7 Math, Science, and Leadership in the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District in Monterey, California. She met[...]
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The Support that Keeps Rural Teachers in the Classroom
Published January 08, 2019
Retaining highly effective teachers is both a challenge and a goal for rural school and district leaders. Research points to one key factor that[...]
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Using Experimentation to Engage Students in the Goal Setting and Reflection Process
Published December 18, 2018
Lessons that incorporate experimentation and student choice can transform the learning experience for students. In these lessons students grapple[...]
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