Topic: Humans Who Teach

How can we effectively support elementary math teachers?

Why is building background knowledge so crucial for students reading comprehension and critical thinking? Hear from Kelly Gallagher on the podcast this week.

In this sample of the audiobook, you'll learn how to reflect on your values, practical steps to assess if a school aligns with those values and why new teachers should be particularly discerning about their first schools.

How can you start the year off right and avoid the collective groan elicited from assigning a whole class classic novel? Is there a better entry point or a way to build up to this? The answer, start with book clubs.

How can you leverage the everyday experiences of your students to make learning more engaging and meaningful?

Are reading incentives and competitions doing more harm than good in your classroom?

How can you effectively integrate generative AI into your writing classroom while maintaining academic integrity?

How can alerting readers to significant moments transform the way you and your students engage with a text?

Young children love to learn and use new words. How do we tap into this natural curiosity and excitement to support vocabulary development?

It can be hard to strike the right balance between conventions and creativity when teaching writing. Too many rules can cause kids to disengage, while too few may lead to writing that fails to convey its intended meaning.

How can we effectively engage multilingual students and build meaningful connections?

How can alerting readers to significant moments transform the way you and your students engage with a text?

What do we want students to get out of math class? Proficiency? A love of math? Job prospects? Kent and Steve discuss.

When you make the decision to move beyond long-used textbooks, you might wonder, what will kids read?

Have you ever thought about what literacy might look like outside of the classroom?

How can we use big, essential questions when we plan lessons and experiences for our students?

A strategy for deepening understanding with a text. Excerpt from Kylene's audiobook.

In her book “Every Kid a Writer” Kelly Boswell reminds us that sometimes the hardest part about teaching writing is getting students to write at all.