Help Student Writers Find the Best Evidence

BY MIDDLEWEB · 02/23/2016

5 Trends Impacting Middle Grades Leaders

BY MIDDLEWEB · 02/24/2016

There were two recent articles about STEM, one, in the New York Times, A Rising Call to Promote STEM Education and Cut Liberal Arts Funding by Patricia Cohen and, the other, in the Washington Post, entitled, …

How to organize your college essay properly

by Allan Green

While studying in college you will have to write essays a lot. But do not worry - a bit of planning, analysis and hard work - and you will be able to easily write any essay for college. Mastering the art of…

If we return to our raison d'être - to prepare children to know how to learn even beyond our reach, and to be ready, when walking across our graduation stages, to go on to college or directly into a career - then we have a responsibility to look at financial literacy as a part of the k-12 curriculum.

As early as the 6th grade, when percentages are taught, the concepts of credit and interest can be spiraled upward into other math classes. The economic…

Fewer black male teachers leading K-12 classrooms

Dive…

Introducing the math selfie

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What does leadership become when compliance rules the day? Is the conversation how to get the job done and make people feel good about it? There is new curriculum, a teacher evaluation process, new standardized tests, new assessments, more data and new technology. None come with new resources to support the work.  All purportedly are intended to improve teacher performance and student achievement. The messages come fast and furious through administration, through teachers, and land on…

Observe and honor random acts of kindness among your students.  Hold an honor day once a week to hand out certificates.  Acknowledge that there were so many other random acts of kindness that you could not honor everyone, but everyone will get honored in time.  Acknowledge how you felt observing these acts.  Perhaps a kindness box could be placed in the classroom where both you and your students could describe random acts of kindness you observed.  So as not to make anyone feel awkward, the…

STEM Classes and Kids with Special Needs

BY ANNE JOLLY · 02/17/2016

How to Help Students Search for Consensus

BY SARAH COOPER · 02/15/2016

Why Schools Need to Do a Better Job of Teaching Speaking Skills

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Why I'm Tired of 'Grit'

Productivity vs creativity in writing by Adriana Escobar



Many people argue what is more important, productivity or creativity. But if you want to write really good academic papers, you should be both productive and creative.

If your work is creative but not productive, you may lose a lot of your money and time. If it’s productive but not creative, you can get your result in time but it may not be interesting for other people.



How to improve your…