The Spring Baking Championship is a popular series on the Food Network, and even though this is the ninth season, the most common challenge for the bakers is time management. There is no short supply of articles and memes helping people increase awareness of and build the skill of time management. As an educator, I […]
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Teaching for Justice & Belonging: A White Educator’s Review
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Teaching for Justice & Belonging, co-written by Dr. Lucretia Carter Berry, Founder and President of Brownicity, and Dr. Tehia Starker Glass, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and Elementary Education at UNC Charlotte, is a breath of fresh, healing air in the educational […]
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How to Incorporate Social-Emotional Learning Into Any Content Area
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Whether it’s unregulated and disruptive behavior or an overall malaise with regard to school, it’s clear that many kids are not all right, and parents and educators are taking notice. Some students are struggling to compensate for losses sustained over nearly […]
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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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Students Deserve the Right to Fail
Jonah Simcha Chaim Muskat-Brown, MSW The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines the word failure in 3 ways: A lack of success in some effort; A situation or occurrence in which something does not work as it should; An occurrence in which someone does not do something that should be done. A quick Google search revealed other […]
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10 Books That Changed My Teaching Practice
There’s no shortage of teaching books out there, but here are 10 of my absolute must-reads. While they aren’t all strictly teaching books, that’s by design. The more I’ve learned about history, policy, and the human condition, the better teacher I’ve become. Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain by Zaretta Hammond Why it’s a must-read: […]
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9 Fresh Voices in Education You Need to Hear in 2022
As the year winds down, it’s important for educators to continue to use their voices to help amplify the voices of those in the trenches. From classroom teachers to retired educators- these are the voices we want to hear more from in 2022. Deidra Fogarty- Founder of Black Girls Teach Black Girls Teach is a […]
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How Do You Grow As a Teacher? Reflection Without Condemnation
When I look back on my early years as a teacher, I have moments that I remember and literally cringe at, thankful for how far I have come. Not from the typical woes of learning this craft, but at my previous mindset, something I said or did, or something I wouldn’t dare teach now. Without […]