Students raise their hands to answer a teacher's question at the KIPP Academy in the South Bronx, part of a network of public middle schools that is becoming a model for educating poor children. KIPP ...
I started teaching middle school students in 1995. The school was private, with a strong governing association, so there was some discretion regarding what and how things were taught. My main subject ...
The new question-of-the-week is: What is critical thinking and how can we integrate it into the classroom? Part One ‘s guests were Dara Laws Savage, Patrick Brown, Meg Riordan, Ph.D., and Dr. PJ ...
We’ve all been there. Something that is known to work doesn’t work out in the field. But back at home base, it works fine. How do you fix it? Of course, there’s no one right answer to that question, ...
Explore Martin Luther King Jr.'s powerful views on education and the importance of critical thinking and character ...
Stanford University professor Nel Noddings, the author of several notable books on progressive education, does not much like conventional schooling. Among the punches she throws in the first chapter ...
With the right inspiration and a little improvisation of your own, making your own creative curriculum lesson plans can deliver far more engaging experiences for students. So, how do you find new ...
A year of rampant conspiracy theories, medical quackery, and political manipulation offers us a profound teachable moment. Source: Guy P. Harrison What is the one big thing that 2020 can teach us?