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Conversations with community members give students context for real world problems and solutions.

The writing process is a structured series of steps all writers use to develop their work. Let’s explore the six different stages of writing.

Right now, we're recognizing an educational failure narrative in American culture. Teachers are often posited as heroes, but that can set people up for failure.

What are the ethics of using AI in the classroom? Redefine plagiarism, acknowledge the hallucination problem, and try it before you deny it.

What is poetry? The staff of music, a tiny stone and acorn in a child's pocket, or the wind's howl. Inspired by Carl Sagan's Definitions of Poetry.

How can we create meaningful opportunities for students to find their voice through poetry, storytelling, and personal narratives?

Help! The tears are welling during class and I'm overwhelmed. I'm at a breaking point. What if I was mean to a student? Learn some emotional regulation tips from Berit Gordon's The New Teacher Handbook.

Why should you try hip-hop pedagogy? Hip-hop culture is youth culture. Learn how to develop funds of knowledge for deeper connection with students.

Today on the podcast, we're continuing the conversation between Dr. Edmund Adjapong and his mentor, Dr. Chris Emdin. Edmund’s new book is, Teach Like an MC: Hip-Hop Pedagogy in the K-12 Classroom.

We asked our authors about the most impactful female educator in their lives. Thank you to the most important women in our educational journey.

Children are models for how play and work cannot and should not be separated from one another.

Structured dialogue in the form of mock trials and sentence starters gives students a sense of predictability that eases time management.

How do we grow student engagement and be more responsive in our teaching practice?

Can you bot-proof your classroom? Likely not. Unpack the importance of embracing, not resisting, AI programs in the writing classroom. A 3-part series by Dennis Magliozzi and Kristina Peterson.

Prioritizing sleep is difficult for teachers and students alike. Learn how to model self care habits in this post from M. Colleen Cruz.

Saxon Reading Foundations primarily focuses on teaching phonemic awareness, phonics, and fluency while building children’s decoding skills.

What are the different types of play and when do they make sense? Learn from the authors of Purposeful Play about fantasy, rough-and-tumble, constructive, and games with rules.

How do instructional routines in the math classroom build mathematical thinking and reasoning?