Meet the special education teacher creating real change in the classroom

Mary-Margaret Gamblin is part of the next generation of teachers ushering in a shift to the education system. Now more than ever, thanks to advancements in social and emotional development, teachers are able to build an educational system that looks at each student as a whole.

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Turning Around a Co-teaching Relationship

On Eating Elephants and Teaching Syllabication

Teacher Question:

What are your thoughts on teaching syllable division patterns? I recently came across some new research from Devin Kearns and it made me start thinking about if all the time programs spend teaching syllable division patterns is really justified. If teaching syllable division is not time well invested, what type of instruction would you recommend replacing it…

From Larry Ferlazzo

News Evaluator website is a new interactive designed to help students develop information literacy skills.

Here’s an excerpt from New tool makes students better at detecting fake imagery…

When to Call Someone Out or Call Them In Over Racist Behavior

Makematic has several videos demonstrating ELL teaching techniques. 

90 animated and live action videos focussed on global learning for teachers, students, parents and principals.

Featuring instructional practice tips from 21st century educators, interviews with school leaders, animated explainers teacher reflections and more.…

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT, RESPONSIVE TEACHING

Focused feedback: why less is more

Teacher question:

"My district is trying to shift literacy instruction to be in line with the science of reading. We are wondering where comprehension strategies fit into Scarborough’s Reading Rope? Inferences and making connections are part of Verbal Reasoning, but what about other skills my students still need to be taught, like understanding and using text structure, summarizing, visualizing, questioning? There is much research to support…