Category: Commentary

Research skills can be very beneficial for young elementary school students, and are worth incorporating into your lesson plans. Recommended research projects for the K-2 age group incorporate research questions with fun,...

Goya Diaz is the Spanish-speaking mother of two children who is pushing for school boards to provide educational data in a way that they can digest and understand equally. Most of the information surrounding graduation...

Becoming a successful teacher that is inviting yet assertive is essential in maintaining an orderly and fun classroom. These two characteristics have the ability to exist wonderfully as long as specific strategies are used. One...

Team-building activities have the potential to benefit students in many ways, especially in terms of communication skills and increasing their trust within the community. Many teachers find success in playing games such as,...

When Mosi Zuberi learned that his 18-year-old son, Kaja, might not graduate from McClymonds High School in Oakland, he anguished over his parenting missteps, wondering where he had gone wrong. Yet, after seeing data from...

In the article titled, “Swing Education Raises $15 Million to Connect More Schools With Substitute Teachers”, Johnson (2018) discusses a promising solution to the shortage of educators and educator substitutes in the United States.

Our professional world is constantly evolving, and it is substantially important that students have the ability to adapt to each change that will be presented in the workforce. One of the main skills that students need to become...

Combining the nearly omnipresent applicability and necessity of language arts with the interesting content of social studies can help kids do better at learning both. Stock some really good-quality nonfiction books and...

Finding alternatives to rote memorization can help kids with a variety of cognitive styles learn math more deeply. Adding in elements of science, technology, engineering and art to create a STEAM curriculum encouraging kids to...

A newly-qualified NQT teacher is always paired with a mentor. For both it should be a valuable interim. Newbies get to try out their wings with the safety net of a teacher that’s been there and more than likely seen it...

Physical activity is even more beneficial to those on the spectrum than neurotypical (NT) children due to how it can improve many areas that they struggle with such as fundamental motor skills. By sampling a variety of different...

It is predicted that over 20% of students are overweight before they even enter the public school system. This is quite concerning, and society is often looking for ways to combat these levels of obesity. A great way to do this...