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How to Teach the Science of Reading to PK-3 Students (Steve Underwood)

While oral language development is a process that occurs naturally, over time, the written word is a complex human produced system that, therefore, requires a systematic approach to decipher - or read. So says this week's gue...

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Feb. 18, 2025

How to Teach the Science of Reading to PK-3 Students (Steve Underwood)

While oral language development is a process that occurs naturally, over time, the written word is a complex human produced system that, therefore, requires a systematic approach to decipher - or read. So says this week's gue...

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Feb. 12, 2025

How to Co-Teach Effectively (Belinda Karge and Matt Rhoads)

Effective coteaching has so many benefits for students, particularly in terms of inclusion for students with special needs and for bilingual learners. So say today's guests on the podcast - Belinda Karge and Matt Rhoads - who...

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Feb. 11, 2025

How to Help Students Take Ownership of Their Own Learning (Aaron Hans…

Too often, at best, students are compliant with school directives and, at worst, actively defiant much like inmates in a minimum security prison. So says, today's guest, Aaron Hansen - author of the book "Heroes Within" - on ...

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Feb. 4, 2025

How to Guarantee You Are Using a Deep Knowledge Curriculum (Nathaniel…

In some schools, curriculum is prescribed. In other places, teachers put together their own learning materials. In either case, how do we know that what we are providing students, in terms of materials and content, will promo...

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Jan. 28, 2025

How to Enhance Student Curiosity in Your K-2 Math Classroom (Chepina …

Too often, we think of early primary learners as empty recepticles to be filled. However, this is when creativity and ingenuity is most unfettered and/or non self-conscious. How then can we draw out what early primary student...

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Jan. 21, 2025

How to Teach the Holocaust in the 21st Century (Maud Dahme, Mike Pawl…

How and Why Still Teach the Holocaust? After all, it has been 80 years since the liberation of the concentration camps and end of WWII. Unfortunately, the answer to this question is very simple. Look at the world around us …

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