Research into teenagers’ sleep patterns indicates that starting the school day later could be better for their health. But might their grades also improve as a result? Kate Parker looks at the evidence.
Movies can be a powerful way to teach social-emotional learning concepts, writes National Board Certified Teacher Amber Chandler, a middle-school English-language arts teacher in New York.
The present study aims to compare the type of instruction in lower vs. upper secondary school in Sweden, Austria, and France, countries ranking differently in the EF Proficiency index (Education First, 2019). Results seem to indicate that in lower secondary, Swedish teachers teach less explicitly than teachers in Austria and France.
A year ago, in the depths of the pandemic, a high-tech literacy project set up shop at West Oakland’s KIPP Bridge Academy. Created by a former schoolteacher turned literacy specialist, Jessica Reid Sliwerski, Ignite Reading aimed to teach kids how to read on Zoom, offering one-on-one tutoring while eliminating Covid risks.
Allowing students to choose what they read helps make reading lessons more inclusive, though it may be challenging to design lesson plans without a single shared text, writes Stephanie Farley, a veteran English teacher. She advises teachers to establish targeted learning outcomes, provide a wide range of title choices, and keep track of who is…