Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! As the leaves start to fall in the Lower Merion School District, many students are excitedly anticipating the celebrations that traditionally surround Halloween. However, a few days ago, the district informed parents that they had canceled the Halloween Parade […]
Halloween
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How Reverse Halloween Helped My Students Feel Connected to Me As Their Teacher
If I’m being honest, not everyone understood the concept of reversing Halloween at first. But I was convinced the theory was sound. And perhaps because I’ve known how disconnected my own daughter feels, I’ve tried to find creative ways to connect with families. I’ve formed friendships with dogs, left a lot of things on doorsteps. […]
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Unseen Forces: The Students Who Often Aren’t Seen
The turning of pages and an occasional sigh filled in the dead spaces as my class of 7th graders quietly read or pretended to read the assigned text that afternoon while I roamed around the room visiting with an assortment of students checking in on their understanding of the text. The words “You can’t make […]