by Terry Heick My wife is a schoolteacher, and recently I’ve been listening to her online meetings. And there have been a lot of them. It’s July 2024 and a week or three from the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year in the United States depending on your local school district’s schedule. Yesterday, I was … Read more
1. There’s a link between parent math talk and higher math skills After looking at 22 studies, researchers found that the more parents talked about math with their children, the stronger their children’s math skills. In these studies, researchers typically observed parents and children interacting in a university lab, a school, a museum or at … Read more
Showing your employees how much they’re appreciated isn’t just for Employee Appreciation Day. You can (and should) make your team feel valued every day of the year. Because it’s not directly linked to business KPIs, companies don’t always work to find effective employee appreciation ideas. But, it turns out, making the effort to recognize your … Read more
Strategies for Teaching AI Concepts Without Technology by TeachThought Staff Preface: This post is primarily for general content-area K-12 teachers (likely 6-12). Teaching AI theory, for example, is well beyond these ideas. You don’t need a wind tunnel to learn about aerodynamics or boiling water to help students understand boiling points. How you teach something … Read more
Learning local history isn’t about fixing past wrongs, Harris said. It’s about honoring history and acknowledging harm, which builds “community credibility” and lays the groundwork for families to begin to trust schools. Prioritize relationships Practices that are culturally responsive, collaborative and built on mutual trust are key to strengthening family engagement, according to Mapp. … Read more
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Employees are the core of any successful organization. Whether you operate as a small-to-medium business (SMB) or an enterprise with a worldwide presence, employee development is key to your continued growth. This is where choosing your employee training tools properly comes in. Using the right tools to deliver relevant, engaging learning to your workforce can … Read more
by TeachThought Staff Life can be crushingly busy–especially if you’re an educator or any other profession where deadlines are constant and the pressure is, unfortunately, unrelenting. With that in mind, keeping your schedule organized and managing your time efficiently is more important than ever. With so many calendar apps available for iOS, it can be … Read more
Excerpted from Antiracist Reading Revolution: A Framework for Teaching Beyond Representation Toward Liberation by Sonja Cherry-Paul. Copyright (c) 2024 by Corwin Press, Inc. All rights reserved. While there is no one way to define antiracist curriculum or instruction, several characteristics emerge from the existing and growing body of scholarship on antiracism. I have identified five … Read more
New managers face a whirlwind of challenges. They’re expected to lead with confidence. But, delegation and communication can prove particularly tricky. Strong leadership doesn’t come overnight. Such hurdles are very common. Yet, overcoming them is crucial for success. With the right new manager training, new managers can master these challenges, boost their management skills, and … Read more
by Terry Heick Education is a series of learning experiences informed by policy, and actuated by teachers. Policy, by its very nature, is sweeping and ambitious. It is designed to work on various scales, is well-intentioned, and often difficult to fault on paper. The teachers aren’t really much different. They are ambitious, designed to work on … Read more