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Three Strategies for Working with Students with Anxiety
By Dr. Jason Trumble Yesterday I was facilitating a class activity for my college students who want to be teachers. We were digging into...
Widespread Adoption of Pooled Testing Critical to Safely Reopening K12 Schools
By Mara Aspinall, Jessica Little, and Leah Perkinson As schools work to remain open this fall, school administrators are working to...
The Soaring Price of School Supplies and How You Can Help Kids and Teachers in Need
By Abby Quillen Environmental & Personal Wellness Expert This article is a cross-post from our colleagues at Quill.com whose education...
Do Teachers Really Get 12 Weeks Holiday a Year?
By Jessica Terlick Jessica Terlick is a presenter, life education coach, podcaster, and head of the Lead and Inspire community who has...
Pedagogical Musings: Pedagogy Nerd Out - Series Introduction
By Larisa Gray, Jeremy Harrison, & Nate Miller Pedagogical Musings: Pedagogy Nerd Out is a multi-part series that features three teachers...
COVID School Year Reflections
By Mary Docken This invited cross-post by Mary Docken originally appeared on Intellispark's Our Thoughts blog. Six experienced K-12...
An Open Letter to Teachers on Standardized Testing During a Pandemic
By Abigail Lund Dear Teacher, Wherever you are, you have had quite the year. You have reinvented the wheel more times than you can count....
Be a doer! Be unconventional!
By Jon Hinthorne I remember my first professional development day in 2007 like it was yesterday, when our Principal and two teacher...
Seven Years and Counting: Best Practices for Connecting with Students Part 4
In this four-part series, teacher Gene Deary reflects on what he has learned in his seven years as a teacher when it comes to connecting...
Make Self-Belief Cool at School
My name is Ash Curmi and I am an eight year primary school teacher and former PE teacher from QLD, Australia. I currently teach Year 5/6...
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