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Remembering Jonathan Haber, Who Taught So Many to Think Critically

ED Surge

The recent author of the book Critical Thinking , a topic about which he cared deeply, Haber had contributed in significant ways to a variety of important education projects. And he gave me a couple copies of his book on the topic of being a critical voter—which perhaps nicely suggested I had some learning to do myself.

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Teaching Lessons I Learned From Mom

ED Surge

The first letter in the series was about what I learned when visiting a colleague’s hybrid class. Dear Mom, My friend and colleague, Jeff Hittenberger, worked with us to launch a new faculty learning community last year. Instead, I was a partner in the learning process. This column, the second in the series, is to my Mom.

Teaching 204
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How I Helped Students Reclaim Pride for Their Black Hair With My Curriculum

ED Surge

When I come across news reports or a research study that highlights the race-based discrimination that Black students experience in U.S. During my tenure as an English language arts teacher, I witnessed the policing of Black hair in schools on a systemic and interpersonal level.

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5 Ways to Build Reading Stamina in Adolescent Students

Cool Cat Teacher

If that isn't bad enough, UNESCO found that more than half of children and adolescents were not even learning worldwide. Furthermore, in September 2020, UNICEF reported that 1 billion children worldwide aren't learning at all. Once you learn to read, you will be forever free. What will you do with your learning?

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5 Tools To Shake up the New Year

Ask a Tech Teacher

One thing we can all agree on is that there are tons of free tech tools available that enrich learning. This was difficult, but I sorted, shook, noodled, experimented, sifted, and whittled my list down based on tools that differentiate for student needs, simplify the teacher’s job, and entice students to use technology in learning.

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Website Review: Grammarly

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George Orwell lamented in his 1946 essay “ Politics and the English Language , that: “Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it.”. Common Core lesson plans about Language.

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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

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While these are the areas of economics commonly in the news, the field is so much broader than this. Economists study a very wide range of topics, from individual decision-making, to how firms and businesses make strategic decisions, to how markets are regulated and how public policies are designed by governments,” Emil adds.

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