As a young conservative growing up in New Jersey, my time in the Garden State’s public schools was never boring. In a state as blue as Papa Smurf, my teachers would routinely challenge, mock, and ...
Video: "Introduction to Narrative Writing" From the final report: When responding to, “How do students describe their own learning from the video series?” Susan wrote, “All 44 students responded “yes” ...
Last month, the Florida State Board of Education unanimously approved new African American history education standards for K-12 public schools. Among the many alarming directives: middle school ...
When Edward B. Burger presents a math challenge to his class at Baylor University, he paces the aisles and pairs students together. “I want to hear chattering,” he says. Before long, students are ...
Stories make us who we are. They make history come alive in a way that no textbook can, they help us build understanding of, and respect for, our school, country, global community, and each other. In ...
When I turned 16, I signed up for a driver's education class at my high school. We had hours of classroom education, hours of simulator training and a few scarce minutes of hands-on time behind the ...
I begin by asking a simple question, why can’t we get Black history education right? The desire to write and learn Black history has been a priority by Black communities for over a century. In the ...
Teaching cases can help students apply their knowledge to a real-world situation and make learning interactive. Here’s how to use them Kovin was struggling. He had lost his friend and partner the year ...
Jennifer Solheim is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of French and Francophone Studies at the University of Illinois-Chicago. While maintaining the UIC French department’s Twitter ...
Professors need a chance to process and reflect on their experience teaching during the Covid-19 era. And some, at least, are ready to start imagining how this time might affect their teaching in the ...