by Colin Seale | Apr 5, 2019 | Social Emotional Learning, Social Justice, Student Engagement, Teachers
When is the Last Time Your Students Changed the World? What if every young person had the opportunity to change the world before graduating high school? We know that throughout history, and even today, young people have been on the forefront of important social...
by Colin Seale | Oct 23, 2018 | Classroom Instruction, Student Engagement, Teachers
Meyer Levin, or I.S. 285 as the New York City Department of Education likes to call it, was the absolute best educational experience of my life. Maybe I was/still am a weirdo, but I thought middle school was the greatest, and my 6th grade math teacher excited me so...
by Sarah Pfeiler | Aug 22, 2018 | Critical Thinking, Critical Thinking Instruction, Lessons, Student Engagement, Teachers Pay Teachers, Teaching Critical Thinking
Last Labor Day, a 15-year-old boy in Oregon was playing with fireworks. His friends recorded him tossing one into a canyon. The teens can be heard laughing in the background. But no one was laughing when that firework sparked a massive forest fire. If you’ve been...
by Colin Seale | Aug 8, 2018 | 21st century skills, back to school, Classroom Instruction, Lessons, Student Engagement, Teachers Pay Teachers
We waste a lot of time in education. Most American students are in school between 175 and 180 days a year, or around 49% of the year. Once you start to factor out days at the beginning and end of semesters, holidays, breaks, absences, and shortened schedules the time...
by Guest Contributor | Mar 14, 2018 | Critical Thinking, Critical Thinking Gap, High School, Middle School, Student Engagement
Today many American students will walk out of their classrooms. They’ll rally against gun violence in schools, and show support for the Parkland, Florida, students impacted by shocking violence in their school last month. School administration responses ahead of the...
by Sarah Pfeiler | Sep 19, 2017 | Hispanic Heritage Month, Quick Lessons, Student Engagement
In 1951, Pete Hernandez shot and killed Joe Espinoza after getting into an argument at a bar. When it came time for Pete’s jury and and grand jury selection, only white jurors were considered and selected. In fact, in Jackson County, where Pete lived, there had not...
