Wisdom For Teens: Hip-Hop Artist J. Cole On ‘The Disease Of More’
Know a teen that could use some wisdom? How about hip-hop artist J. Cole waxing on about inherent dissatisfaction & dangers of materialism?
How We Created A Reading Program For Urban Students In Poverty
We saw a need for a reading program and created one via teacher empowerment, focus on reading strategies, and high-interest texts.
Ep. 80 A Deep Dive Into Equity Through Assessment And PBL
Drew Perkins talks with JuanCarlos Arauz of E3 Education as a second part to their recent conversation about equity and education.
New Report Ranks Oregon Best, Mississippi Worst Identifying Homeless Students
New Report Ranks Oregon Best, Mississippi Worst At Identification Of Homeless Students by TeachThought Staff from a press release A new report released by the Institute of Children, Poverty and Homelessness ranked the fifty states and the District of Columbia by how effectively they identify homeless students within their school systems. Oregon, New York and…
‘The Wire’ Crushed Public Education And We Weren’t Paying Attention
When your day to day existence is in question, major cultural systems are failing and public education, as a system, has to be near the top of that list.
Education Is A System; Teaching Is An Action; Learning Is A Process
It’s ‘natural’ that there have always have been haves and have nots. Should a system of education work like nature?
23 Books To Teach Diversity To Elementary & Middle School Students
Literature is a wonderful vehicle for illustrating empathy and diversity in a human, personal, and lasting way.
New Law Designed To Inspire Female Students To Become Astronauts
(Sec. 4) NASA shall submit to Congress a specified plan to engage with K-12 female STEM students and inspire the next generation of women to consider participating in STEM fields and to pursue careers in aerospace.
Unique Literacy Apps Created For War-Affected Syrian Children
EduApp4Syria is a challenge to create apps that can build literacy skills in Arabic and improve well-being for Syrian children ages 5-10.
Documentary: “Decades of fixing schools has not shaken poverty’s hold.”
Documentary: “Decades of fixing schools has not shaken poverty’s hold.” by TeachThought Staff From a press release CHICAGO (Jan. 12, 2017) – The View from Room 205 is a one-hour documentary that takes an unflinching look at the intersection of poverty and education in the United States. WBEZ Chicago is releasing the documentary on Martin…
Low Cost Educational Tools Can Be Useful, Too
Low Cost Educational Tools Can Be Useful, Too contributed by Catherine Wilson At the beginning of every school year, teachers and administrators are often faced with a significant task: Do more with less. Few areas demonstrate that better than financials. Every year is a new time to carefully balance a classroom budget and potentially even…
ACT: 1 In 10 African Americans ‘Strongly College Ready’
While 49% of white students achieved “college ready” status, only 11%of African American students earned that same level.
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