I know we’ve been gone a while, but we’re back with our recap of Abbott Elementary. and how perfect was it that this week started with the phenomena that have been terrorizing schools all year long- student behavior by way of Tik Tok Challenges. Remember when students were ripping objects from the bathroom? Tik Tok […]
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How to Use Social Justice Picture Books With High Schoolers
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Picture books are colorful, vibrant, and creative…so let’s not ditch them after chapter books come along! As a parent I have re-discovered my love of some classic picture books, but mostly, I am discovering a vast new world of modern children’s literature. Many […]
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We Must Make School Developmentally Appropriate Again
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! During the first week of school, kindergarten teachers everywhere can be heard reading Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate. Miss Bindergarten is a caring and notably hairy teacher with a passion for education and a wagging […]
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One Teacher’s Questions for Republican Lawmakers
Don’t Say Gay legislation. Limiting classroom discussions of “controversial” topics, including many that we simply call “history.” Removing books from school libraries. Requiring online posting of lesson plans and instructional materials. Installing classroom cameras. Banning diversity training. Questioning social/emotional learning activities. Creating new avenues for parents to sue teachers and school districts. State legislatures nationwide […]
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What Teachers Can Learn From a Disney World Ride
Part 1: Overcome Resistance With Excitement and Encouragement Suzy Winter is an 18 year veteran Middle School English teacher from Texas. She seriously loves working with students, but also loves encouraging those in the education field either through writing her posts on TER, or leading professional development courses. Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily […]
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I Left Teaching for a New Career. Here’s Why I’m Still Mourning.
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! The hardest thing about no longer being in education is seeing articles like this: Inside Louisiana’s harshest juvenile lockup. They awaken something in me that is hard to face. These days, I work in EdTech at a company with […]
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Lessons for Education From a Sunday Sermon
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! More and more, I am connecting lessons I have learned from Sunday sermons to lessons I am learning about education. Whether it is a message from my senior Pastor Ricky L. Nutt, or from his son, my dear friend […]
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What Every Teacher Should Know About the Science of Reading
This is Part 1 of a series on effective literacy instruction My fondest memories of teaching first grade were watching my students grow as readers and feeling pure joy when they accomplished their reading goals. Every September you are given the task of instructing nonreaders. By June, they leave you as skilled readers. Some leave […]