The Movement That Made Brandon Johnson Mayor of Chicago
Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson celebrates with supporters after defeating Paul Vallas after the mayoral runoff election late Tuesday, April 4, 2023. (Paul Beaty / AP Photo) Chicago, Ill.—Anyone who doubts the power of organized labor to reshape the world should look to the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and its allies’ electing one of their own …
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What Is Orthographic Mapping? A Guide for Educators and Families
It’s a need-to-know concept for anyone helping kids learn to read.
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Educators’ Views on School Safety, in Charts
See how teachers, principals, and district leaders currently feel about their safety.
Tips for Surviving Your First Year as a School Administrator (Opinion)
Here are five ways to adjust to the new role of school leader, from a second-year administrator.
A School Without Bells or Report Cards. Can It Fly? (Opinion)
Students at one private school earn “learning credits” rather than traditional grades. What does that look like?
50 Unique SEL Questions for Middle and High School Kids (Free Slides)
What is one thing that you like about yourself?
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Ensuring Safety and Equity: Defending the Practice of Removing Disruptive Students
Allowing students who disrupt and threaten others to remain in classroom disproportionately affects students who do not disrupt or threaten others. Offenders of such acts are not victims. Removing them should be down on the list of options, but an option, nonetheless. Look at the image accompanying this article. Now, you are a school administrator, …
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Teach Your Students How To Write Like a Scientist With These Sentence-Starter Posters
Science notebooks just got a whole lot easier.
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Assistant Principal Breaks up Fight, reporter questions if action will be taken against AP
In this video, I break down an incident where an assistant principal broke up a fight and the reporter questions if he will be disciplined. The reporter does not ask is the students will be disciplined. Did he violate policy? what is the policy? did he put him in a headlock? Judge for yourself.
Researchers Used AI to Rezone School Districts. Here’s What They Found
The experiment created more diverse schools, while cutting students’ travel time.