Facing Up to Cultural and Religious Bullying
Is bullying in schools a social pandemic we need to take more seriously? Utah teacher Laleh Ghotbi makes a compelling case that educators and parents can do more to protect children. By Laleh Ghotbi Bullying is defined as a repeated misuse of power that results…
Using Psychology Principles to Engage and Encourage Students
By Stephanie Farley Evan took a seat next to me on the bench after our second class together, distractedly scratching a bleeding scab on his forearm. He sighed and began, “Look, Mrs. Farley, I’m sorry. I…” “It’s okay, Evan,” I interrupted, “you don’t need to…
Essential Traits of Effective Ed Leaders
Leader Credibility: The Essential Traits of Those Who Engage, Inspire, and Transform By Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, Cathy Lassiter and Dominique Smith(Corwin/Sage Publishers, 2022 – Learn more) Reviewed by Cathy Gassenheimer It used to drive me crazy when my mother would begin reading a book by starting…
Linda Rief’s Poetry Resource Is Sure to Entice Students
Whispering in the Wind: A Guide to Deeper Reading and Writing Through Poetry By Linda Rief(Heinemann, 2022 – Learn more) Reviewed by Kasey Short Poetry is powerful. Poetry opens our hearts to listen to the voices of others and allows us to share our own voices….
Lessons about Teaching from Learning Six Languages
A MiddleWeb Blog I still remember the first purchase I made all in Khmer. My dog loves the marinated chargrilled pork served over broken rice, and I wanted to buy several portions of just the pork to make a week’s worth of dog food. At…
Why can’t my students do word problems?
A MiddleWeb Blog At my school, we’re focused on improving ACT math scores. Anyone with a passing knowledge of ACT knows there is a lot of reading on the test, even in the math section. I have to do more than teach my students the…
8th Grade Insights about ChatGPT and the Future
By Sarah Cooper By this point – nearly two months in – the education community is overflowing with creativity about how to use ChatGPT’s disruptive technology in the K-12 classroom, with pieces such as Introducing ChatGPT to Your Classroom and Universities Start Revamping How They…
Assessing with Respect Practices to Meet Students’ SEL Needs
Assessing with Respect: Everyday Practices That Meet Students’ Social and Emotional NeedsBy Starr Sackstein(ASCD, 2021 – Learn more) Reviewed by Megan Balduf Starr Sackstein has a vast bibliography with several texts dedicated to changing grading. Assessing with Respect fits the tenor of those works but…
Conferring in the Math Classroom: A Practical Guidebook
Conferring in the Math Classroom: A Practical Guidebook to Using 5-Minute Conferences to Grow Confident Mathematicians By Gina Picha(Stenhouse Publishers, 2022 – Learn more) Reviewed by Kathleen Palmieri In Conferring in the Math Classroom Gina Picha has written a book that will help teachers in the…
When Writing and Emailing Tasks Remind You of Groundhog Day
Dr. Frank Buck became a guru of efficiency and time management after a lengthy career as a teacher, a principal and (talk about managing!) a band director. Read his MiddleWeb posts here. By Frank Buck We can’t help but smile when someone mentions the movie…