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Teaching Strategies for Gen Z Students

Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! As a teacher belonging to the older generations, Generation X, my personal style growing up featured Doc Martens boots, flannel shirts, and leather jackets. I have a deep fondness for classic arcade games such as Pac-Man and Space Invaders.  […]

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Ready to Launch Incredible Interest-Based Mentorships at Your School? Here’s How

Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! National Mentoring Month, which concluded last week, is always a great opportunity for educators to consider how to tap into the power of mentorship, and in particular interest-based mentoring, which I’ve seen transform the lives of so many young people.  […]

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Your Students Deserve a Diverse Classroom Library. Here’s How to Set It Up.

Diverse Classroom Library: Our classroom libraries are in trouble. Just as more teachers are learning that their libraries need books that reflect their student populations, they also have to fight policies at the district and state levels that ban many of these same books from their libraries. Florida, for example, is banning certain materials in classroom libraries […]

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“Let’s Make This Happen”: Following Student Interests to Interest-Based Mentorships

Nothing is more exciting than helping a child find their passion – but are the adults ready? Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! In twenty years of helping children, families, and schools harness the power of interest-based mentoring, I’ve seen how it provides transformative educational experiences. Along the way, I’ve […]