Category: distance learning

 The Simple Reason So Many Initiatives Fail It was the best of initiatives; it was the worst of implementations. From the start, everyone seemed in love with the idea. The dream was to move leaders, teachers, and students from inconsistent patches of professional learning into well-established, consistent, and vital professional learning communities across the district.…

Student Activists Push Congress for Action on Climate Change Education The resolutions, being introduced by Democratic Reps. Mike Thompson and Barbara Lee, both from California, call for the House of Representatives to support comprehensive K-12 climate change education in schools and greater mental health investments for children and teens impacted by the changing climate. It’s…

Under Her Watch, This State’s Schools Saw Some of the Fastest Improvement in the Nation As state superintendent of education from 2013 to 2022, Wright led the Mississippi Department of Education as schools in the nation’s poorest state caught up to the national average in 4th grade reading and math after long lagging the rest…

Classroom Cellphone Use Is Fraught. It Doesn’t Have to Be What are the best ways for teachers to handle situations where students are often using their cellphones in class for nonacademic purposes? Pre-pandemic, student cellphone use (for nonacademic use—I’ve always allowed my English-language-learner-students use it for translations) in my classes was a relatively minor problem.…

11 Critical Issues Facing Educators in 2023 For several years, I wrote a list of 10, 11, or even 15 critical issues facing education at the end of a year to give a glimpse into issues to consider for the following year. Then COVID happened and blew my last list of issues up. Why? Because…

  The Word ‘Supervision’ Shouldn’t Get a Bad Rap. Here’s Why Kim (Kimberly) Morrison Kazmierczak is an elementary principal in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Ann Mausbach is an associate professor for educational leadership at Creighton University. Power. Why do we only feel comfortable using this word when we are in the gym? Or when listening to…