November 20, 2023 When I was growing up, in the nineties, schools had computer labs: rooms tricked out with candy-colored machines where teachers sent us weekly to learn how to
October 30, 2023 For many teachers, class discussion is a chance to dive into content: to unearth new meaning in a text, debate the impact of a historical event, draw
August 29, 2023 Discussion skills are high-stakes, teachable, and uniquely human: Why don’t we explicitly teach them in school today? A great discussion is a human experience. You think deeply,
July 26, 2023 In what feels like a divided, screenbound world, here’s something I think most Americans would agree on: we need to re-learn how to talk (and listen) to each
Summer Series #2 – Let’s teach our students the Power of Attention is the theme of this article. Attention and engagement are closely connected. We have our students more hours
May 25, 2023 Balancing life on and off “screen” is a defining project of what it means to be human in today’s tech-centric world. Questions abound: can you build fulfilling relationships
April 26, 2023 I feel like I need to preface this post with a disclaimer (which I encourage students — especially girls — never to do). But here goes: I am an
March 27, 2023 The other day I talked with a parent who was lamenting how much time her children spend on screens at school. They are in an excellent school—the
February 28, 2023 Part of great teaching is developing and testing hypotheses as to why some things work for your students—and others, sometimes the most beautifully designed lesson plans—just don’t.
January 25, 2023 ChatGPT calls on Humanities teachers to dig even deeper into what is already our core purpose—celebrating humanity … even in a tech-centric world. ChatGPT challenges us to
December 28, 2022 Any teacher who has ever run a discussion-based classroom will tell you that they want it to be equitable and that all students should be heard—that no
November 30, 2022 In today’s world, there’s a lot of talk about teaching kids to talk to each other—and for good reason. But as a former middle and high school