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Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers Podcast: 5 TPTs to make every student an active learner!

Guest blog with free downloadables, recorded and posted on Angela Watson's blog. Check it out HERE!

Beyond Tolerating Differences

We can learn a great deal about appreciation for differences from the business world. Maria Bartiromo, described Jack Welch’s view of...

Does Engagement Equal Learning?

Does student engagement always ensure student learning? Not always. Students can be thoroughly engaged in your activity, and still walk...

Listening Objects & The Drop Out Problem

Unfortunately, too much of today's teaching is characterized by a stand-and-deliver approach to presenting content, in which teachers...

Total Participation Techniques: Don't Toss the Beach Ball

Think about the typical question-and-answer session in most classrooms. We call it "the beach ball scenario" because it reminds us of a...

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Academic Language

Academic language is a lot more complicated than it sounds. It consists of content-specific words as well as non-content specific words...

Giving Birth to The Hobbit: Why We’re Totally Sold on The Family Read Aloud

My daughter was born right after Chapter 6 of The Hobbit. No, seriously. Bill was reading aloud from The Hobbit while I lay there trying...

It’s Not a Summer Vacation; It’s Comp Time: Responding to myths about teaching

Great teaching takes intentionality, planning, and an incredible amount of hard work. While it is rewarding work, it is time-intensive...