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“A boy at my table made fun of me during math today,” my second-grader told me one evening after bedtime. Worries tend to spill out after lights out. “He said,
April 28, 2021 Scream. Stomp. Slam. Quiet. A fun morning of fort-building with her brother descended into a fight over duct tape, and my daughter fled to her room in
April 22, 2021 The most valuable piece of art in our house is a cheap, colorful map of the United States that hangs above our kitchen table. As a learning
The 3L Reset: Taking 3 Minutes to Help Kids Build Stronger Habits | Deborah Farmer Kris | 4 Min Read
One morning last spring, my youngest child announced that he was going to ride a bike without training wheels. He hopped on with confidence, but after about 10 minutes of
This blog post is republished from the Digital Learning Collaborative blog – February 18, 2021. Our recent blog posts have looked at policy and practice developments from states and schools,
This is my third post in a series looking at assessment and how the questions are increasingly being asked about how, when, and why we assess in schools. I will
The conversation began at the faculty room water cooler 10 years ago. Actually, it did! A colleague asked if I’d read much about blended learning as a teaching strategy. She
Heather Clayton Staker|3/15/2021 In this class, Heather teaches three ways to build bridges that help learners connect across any divide they might be experiencing so that they feel safe enough