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New PBS Kids cartoon features main characters with autism
“Carl the Collector” is aimed at 4-to-8-year-olds and was designed to celebrate the variety and potential of neurodivergent kids.
Sparking Student Curiosity Through Nature Journaling
Students can explore science concepts through an activity that encourages them to record their observations in thoughtful ways.
AI is Moving Fast. Here Are Some Helpful Ways to Support Teachers
When ChatGPT was released to the public in November of 2022, it didn’t take long for the technology to make its way into K-12 classrooms across the country. Now, two years later, schools are starting to develop guidance for teachers and students addressing the use of generative AI in the classroom.
Using PBL to Teach SEL Skills
Engaging project-based learning activities can provide avenues for new educators to teach students crucial social-emotional skills.
OPINION: Everyone can be a ‘math person,’ but first, we have to make math instruction more inclusive
We tend to think of math as a subject that’s accessible only to certain types of people. But that’s a false assumption, and it’s holding back achievement for far too many students. With the right instructional approach, everyone can learn and do math.
Teachers toss their lesson plans, give students the floor to grapple with election results
For civics and social studies teachers who had been monitoring the 2024 presidential election, teaching about the election results on Wednesday presented both a pedagogical challenge – and opportunity. Chalkbeat reporters fanned out to schools across the country to see how teachers approached this monumental day.
Supporting Multilingual Learners in Accessing CTE Texts
Kate Kinsella and Jennifer Finney-Ellison offer practical ways in which CTE teachers can help students new to English grapple with course reading demands.
WOLF lab is working to document, preserve Native languages
It’s one thing to be immersed in a language. It’s another to speak it. And Ava Silva, who grew up in the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe’s, wasn’t fluent in Alabama. "My áapo’s first language is Alabama," said Silva, using the Alabama word for grandmother. "I could never fully understand it, but … I loved sitting beside her and just hearing her talk." At Harvard, Silva quickly connected with Assistant Professor of Linguistics Tanya Bondarenko. Within months, Bondarenko’s WOLF Lab (Working on Language in the Field) began studying the innerworkings of Alabama.
Increasing Talk Time in World Language Classes
Teachers can experiment with a variety of strategies to build and assess students’ ability to converse in the target language.
Native Voices: A Curated List of 2024 Titles Featuring Native American Stories
November marks National Native American Heritage Month — a time to recognize and celebrate the rich histories, cultures, achievements, and stories of Indigenous peoples across the United States. From picture book biographies to counting books, coming-of-age narratives to thrillers, and dystopian sci-fi to contemporary graphic novels, this roundup of 2024 books centering Native American stories offers something for every reader to enjoy this November and all year long.
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