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Why Teaching Foundations Matters to Me: A Personal Reflection
We’re in the process of preparing for one of my favorite professional development workshops, Teaching Foundations. Each year around this time, we start our planning, ...
Read More Make Your Dumb Smart
Most of us know the times of day and days of the week when we do our best work. Tuesday mornings I feel like I ...
Read More Let the Nervous Come Out (And Other Advice From Kids)
Watch this first. the Scared is scared from Bianca Giaever on Vimeo. February is a great time for storytelling and story listening. Whether in California ...
Read More Providing a FAIR² Experience for All: Five Elements of an Inclusive Classroom
The more I read in the field of education, and the longer I work with teachers, visit classrooms, and research up-to-date best practices, the more ...
Read More Acknowledge and Honor Culture, Language, and Lived-Experience: Key Takeaways from the Progressive Education Network National Conference
When I landed in Boston, I felt a sense of nostalgia. I was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, so I was far from home ...
Read More We Can’t Afford Not to Discuss Current Events
We discuss current events just about every day in my eighth-grade U.S. history classes. Sometimes it takes five minutes, when I bring in an article ...
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