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Perhaps We Need to Talk About High Fructose Apps for Kids

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Advice

Street Corner Coaching: An Overview of How To Approach Assessment in Teaching

Assessment can intimidate even the most seasoned educators. Teachers often express to me that they…
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Straight Advice for New Teachers Starting Their Careers
Did Bob Dylan Really Ruin English Class Forever? Some Say Yes (But They Are Wrong)
Baby and Jesus Are the Top Two Names Used in Popular Music? Go On….
No One Really Cared About Shakespeare’s Work When He Died, So His Friends Did THIS
I Have Learned that Smartphones Are Kind of Like Brain Candy
What Incredibles Math
Words that End with “-uck”? This Kid Handled the Obvious One with Aplomb
Is Financial Literacy the Key to Math Success? This Non-Profit Thinks So. And They Have a Free Curriculum to Convince You.
Moving from Fiction to Non-Fiction

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Administrators

What Constitutes Teaching?

The 3rd installment in my Education Series for LinkedIn, check out this brief video where I pose some of the…
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Culture

Goofy Teacher

This 1952 cartoon shows Goofy playing teacher. On the one hand, it’s a children’s cartoon and shouldn’t be taken offensively…
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Health + Nutrition

4 Minutes on How Food Affects Your Brain. Go!

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. I’m convinced that schools can make a significant impact on student…
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Parents

Technolo-gee-what-the-heck-is-that?

Whenever we talk about technology in education, there seems to be an air of mystique and inevitability that emerges. I…
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Civics

Maxine Greene on Imagination

A must-watch for any educator who needs a reminder of what is most important, this talk from 1998 builds off…
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History + Politics

Stop and Watch This History of US Education Flick

A few weeks ago, I came across this multi-part series by PBS on the history of U.S. education. That’s right,…
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Health + Nutrition

Love the Teenager in Your Life? Know Their Brain.

When working with secondary education teachers, I often find myself reminding them that while teaching teenagers can be challenging on…
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Bullying

Chris Rock on School, Jail, and the Everpresent Reality of Kicking Ass

We’ve all heard how important it is that what goes on in school complements “real life.” (Just check out what…
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Arts + Letters

Unsure How To Explicate a Text? Let T.I. Explain It Perfectly

Analyzing texts is a core skill in school and life. But can be really difficult for students and teachers get…
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Everyone Teaches Writing

Why Computer Science?

To Your Health

Pop Culture

Drink and Learn: The Fine Pedagogy of Wine Folly

I am blown away by how well the team at Wine Folly help the broader world learn about wine. Honestly.…
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Health + Nutrition

How to Boost Test Scores Without Changing Standards, Curricula, or Tests

Let’s make a bet. I bet we can see impressive increases in achievement scores without touching academics. I’m not saying…
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Health + Nutrition

You Are What You Eat (in School)

Nutrition is one of those issues that gets left out of conversations about education too often. If we step back…
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Health + Nutrition

Teaching Kids About Food to Save Their Lives with Jamie Oliver

Nutrition is something schools have mostly addressed with a requisite health class. Chef Jamie Oliver says that we have to…
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Watch

This 1950 Instructional Film on “Dining Together” Might Just Save Your Thanksgiving

I don’t know who made these films, but there are many of them online. Called “instructional” or “educational” films, you can…
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Health + Nutrition

Lunch as a Required Course of Study

How Japanese schools approach lunch is eye-opening, especially as many conversations about public education are reduced to narrowly defined academics.…
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