Stories

Teachers, Instilling Life-Long Learning May Be As Simple As Child’s Play

For decades, teachers have engaged their youngest students in play-based learning activities to expand their minds. Many of us remember playing with blocks in kindergarten or building dioramas in...

EdTech

Hey Shawnta! As an English Teacher, What Do I Need to Know About ChatGPT?

Hey Shawnta! As an English teacher, what do I need to know about ChatGPT? I am a huge sci-fi nerd. Many times people say that science fiction answers the question, “What if?” I love "The Twilight...

Literacy

Is Your Child’s School Still Using Debunked Reading Theories?

Like many people who care about kids learning to read, I’ve been hearing a lot about the “science of reading” lately. The other night, I asked a teacher friend if their school is using a curriculum...

Bye Bye Birdie: What's Next for Ed-Twitter?

I couldn’t make heads or tails of Twitter when I started an account. Users were birds? What was an RT? And then that flock helped me win a punditry competition. I picked up a bunch of new followers,...

Professor Fired for Showing Picture of Prophet Muhammad

An adjunct professor at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota was fired after showing her class medieval paintings depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Erika Lopez Prater showed an online class...

Educators, Watch for These Legislative Efforts in 2023

You’ve probably heard this a gazillion times but I think it’s worth mentioning again, especially considering what has been transpiring in our educational landscape…….the work that we do, as...