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If you can write a poem, you can change the world. When the world feels overwhelming, poetry can be a mechanism for truth, articulating the unarticulated, and is our best attempt to capture the humanity of life with words.

Students need time to explore using tools and manipulatives before using them as part of learning. Get to know these items, recognize the differences, explore the items just as students explore math concepts, and determine when they would be useful.

As a new teacher, you may find yourself asking the following: how do I manage the workload if I never feel done? How much time should I budget to stay on top of things? How can I make lesson planning, feedback, and assessment less time-consuming? Get quick tips from Berit Gordon.

Are you an English teacher wondering how AI can enhance your classroom?

Moments of struggle are crucial as they're where learning takes root. Teach students to work through their thinking first before turning to A.I. in order to interact with it more thoughtfully.

How can you find new poetry to inspire? Try looking at picture books, songs, local poets, and to nature.

The Active View of Reading serves as a guide for literacy instruction, emphasizing the importance of an engaged, strategic, and active approach to reading.

Are you interested in hearing about a simple high-impact strategy to build connections with your students?

What is the writing workshop model? How do we confer alongside ChatGPT in the writing classroom.

Conversations with community members give students context for real world problems and solutions.

Right now, we're recognizing an educational failure narrative in American culture. Teachers are often posited as heroes, but that can set people up for failure.

The writing process is a structured series of steps all writers use to develop their work. Let’s explore the six different stages of writing.

What are the ethics of using AI in the classroom? Redefine plagiarism, acknowledge the hallucination problem, and try it before you deny it.

What is poetry? The staff of music, a tiny stone and acorn in a child's pocket, or the wind's howl. Inspired by Carl Sagan's Definitions of Poetry.

How can we create meaningful opportunities for students to find their voice through poetry, storytelling, and personal narratives?

Help! The tears are welling during class and I'm overwhelmed. I'm at a breaking point. What if I was mean to a student? Learn some emotional regulation tips from Berit Gordon's The New Teacher Handbook.

Today on the podcast, we're continuing the conversation between Dr. Edmund Adjapong and his mentor, Dr. Chris Emdin. Edmund’s new book is, Teach Like an MC: Hip-Hop Pedagogy in the K-12 Classroom.

Why should you try hip-hop pedagogy? Hip-hop culture is youth culture. Learn how to develop funds of knowledge for deeper connection with students.