Time to Take a Look at Your Dress Code 17Feb2019 by Jennifer Gonzalez Many dress codes unfairly target students in certain populations, doing more harm than good. This guide will help you review and revise your current policy.
Let’s Give Our Teaching Language a Makeover 3Feb2019 by Jennifer Gonzalez To master this craft, we need to choose our words carefully. This mini-makeover shows how revising our language in common classroom scenarios can send a completely different message.
Global School Play Day: One Day. Nothing But Play. 20Jan2019 by Jennifer Gonzalez Could your school stop its normal routine for a full day and devote it entirely to unstructured play?
6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2019 6Jan2019 by Jennifer Gonzalez This year’s collection includes a discussion monitor, a tool that analyzes writing, a virtual reality tour maker, and my favorite new game.
Power Lesson: Note-Taking Stations 16Dec2018 by Peg Grafwallner To take quality notes, students need to be taught how. This fantastic station-rotation lesson gets the job done, and it can be used with all kinds of other content as well.
10 Ways Educators Can Take Action in Pursuit of Equity 2Dec2018 by Jennifer Gonzalez Awareness of educational inequity is important, but we also need to take action. Pedro Noguera shares ten ways educators can do just that.
Get Students Talking with Ongoing Conversations 18Nov2018 by Jennifer Gonzalez It’s not just a fantasy: This simple system gets every student in your room to have rich conversations with every other student. About content. Really.
To Learn, Students Need to DO Something 4Nov2018 by Jennifer Gonzalez Too often, we’re expecting students to learn material without asking them to do much of anything with it. Why is this a problem? Where did it come from? And how can we fix it?
What Are the Best Ways to Use Leveled Texts? 21Oct2018 by Jennifer Gonzalez When it comes to leveled texts, teachers and administrators make some missteps that can negatively impact students’ growth as readers. Here’s what to do instead.
