How to Use Visual Texts in the ELA Classroom Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! I’m sure they’re out there, but I have yet to meet the student who insists on reading the book rather than watching the movie version of a story. That said, […]
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Recess is a Right for Students
What the Nation Can Learn from Georgia Elementary Schools Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Good news for Georgia students: recess is now mandatory! May 2022 has marked a new beginning in the Georgia School System. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a bill into law […]
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Adding Pop Culture to Your Lessons isn’t Hard- Here’s Why
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Pop culture: Imagine entering a high school. The hallways are alive with discussions and debates, creative and well-thought-out student projects, and teachers as facilitators. I witnessed this with my own eyes several years ago. At a local high school, […]
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Can Sports Heal a Segregated School?
The Educator’s Room Reviews WNYC’s “Keeping Score” Podcast Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Keeping Score is a brand new 4-part series from WNYC Studios and The Bell. The series follows the real students of one Brooklyn high school building that houses four separate schools and […]
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Welcome to “Ask The Educator’s Room”
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Welcome to our brand new advice column! Over the years we’ve received a wide range of questions from fellow educators. So we decided to ask some of our writers to respond. Today we’re helping a teacher who feels like […]
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Parents, Stop Treating Your Child’s Teacher Like the Enemy
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! When I tell people I’m a teacher, I often get a response along the lines of “I don’t know how you deal with those kids all day” or “You must have a lot of patience.” My response: “The kids […]
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What Can Teachers Do About Childhood Depression? A Lot
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! After each new violent school shooting tragedy that shakes the nation, we experience a tidal wave of renewed attention on mental health in schools. Teachers are used to this. We know that we should always look for students who […]
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I Thought This Would Be the Year “After” COVID, But I Was Wrong
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! I sat in front of the computer, thinking about what I could come up with to keep my students engaged for this last week of school. The computer screen began to blur reminding me of the metaphorical “blur” of […]