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What If Students Have More Confidence in Growth Mindsets Than Their Teachers?
Today, schools and districts are making social-emotional development a priority, and with good reason. Research shows that educators play a profound role in promoting students’ social-emotional skills and beliefs...
By Jack McDermott Aug 20, 2017
Software Helps Instructors Stop Mangling Hard-to-Pronounce Student Names
When Tresor Brill enters a classroom for the first time at the start of each semester, she knows what to expect: readings, class discussions, homework—and the professor mispronouncing her name (which should be pronounced “tray”-”soar”)...
By Tina Nazerian Aug 18, 2017
How Dallas Educators Rethink Discipline to Restore Humanity in Schools
The Innovation Design and Entrepreneurship Academy (IDEA) serves 330 students in grades 9 through 11. Students come to the school from 39 different Dallas neighborhoods—bringing a wide range of social-emotional experiences...
By Jenny Abamu Aug 16, 2017
Back-to-School Shenanigans to Watch: Changing How Grades Appear in Online Gradebooks
“Today, I thought I’d make a video once again on how to edit your PowerSchool page,” are the words that begin a YouTube video teaching a simple HTML hack that teachers and parents might want to give themselves a lesson in...
By Sydney Johnson Aug 16, 2017
Today’s Classrooms Should Be About Flexible Teaching—Not Furniture
At the end of June a group of passionate, dedicated educators gathered for one of New Jersey’s last EdCamps of the 2017 school year. I bounced around a few sessions but settled into one called “Flexible Furniture...
By Chrissy Romano-Arrabito (Columnist) Aug 16, 2017
Why Late Adopters Are Skeptical of Edtech (and How to Get Them on Board)
There are plenty of “innovators” and “early adopters” of education technology out there, from educators who make the rounds on the ISTE and SXSWedu conference circuits to consultants and entrepreneurs who push for adoption of certain tools or practices...
By Mary Jo Madda Aug 15, 2017
