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Teaching Opinion Project-Based Learning Helps Connect Lessons to Students' LivesIf students aren't interested in a topic vital to their education, present them with chances to discuss, understand, and dissect "the WHY."
Teaching Opinion ‘Fail Fast, Fail Often’: What a Tech-Bro Mantra Can Teach Us About GradingI was tied to traditional grading practices—until I realized they didn’t reflect what I wanted students to learn: the power of failure.
Teaching Q&A How Teachers Can Build Civility as a Classroom NormTeachers can model how to deal with the discomfort that can accompany facing challenging ideas and texts.
Teaching From Our Research Center What Educators Think About Classroom Controversy, in ChartsHow many teachers are avoiding divisive topics? What happens to them when they don’t?
Teaching 4 Ways Schools Can Help Students Learn to Disagree RespectfullyPolitical scientists and historians agree that schools have a role to play in helping people learn to get along well.
Teaching Opinion Student Identity Is Complex. Here's How to Honor ItThere are practices to help students, their families, and teachers develop a regard for themselves, each other, and the human experience.
Teaching Opinion Intellectual Humility: What It Is and Why Schools Need ItPreparing citizens starts with recognizing the limits of what any individual knows.
Teaching Reported Essay The Brain Science of Outrage: What Teachers Need to KnowWhy is it so hard to disagree on controversial topics without blowing up? Neuroscience research has some answers.
Teaching Download 9 Tips to Help You Survive Your First Year of Teaching (Downloadable)The first year in the classroom can be a lot to handle. Here's some advice on how to make it work.
Teaching Opinion Teaching Advice From Students and EducatorsEveryone is an expert when it comes to education since they've all been through it. Here's advice from those sitting in classrooms now.
Teaching Opinion Don't Ignore Polarization in Classroom Election DiscussionsDown-ballot races, not just the presidential one, offer robust learning opportunities from math to maps.
Teaching Video Why Some Teachers Are Excited to Teach the 2024 ElectionA collection of teachers across grades and subjects share how they're teaching this election cycle in their classrooms.
Teaching Opinion Let Kids Be Weird. They Learn Better That WayThe more opportunities students have to showcase their personalities and creativity, the better off students (and teachers) will be.
Teaching Opinion Strategies for Teaching the 2024 Election (Hold on to Your Hat)Even before entering into the content, craft agreements with students on the boundaries of what's up—and what's not up—for debate.
Teaching Is Cellphone Management a No-Win Situation? Teachers Weigh InOn social media, educators share their experiences on trying to manage cellphones in the classroom.
