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How Schools Can Create Systems To Weather the Unexpected (Geri Parscale and Darcy Kraus)

Did you know that two out of every three students will experience a traumatic event before they reach the age of 16? Trying to be clearheaded during a crisis is difficult. As such, schools must therefore be prepared to addres...

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Nov. 20, 2024

How Schools Can Create Systems To Weather the Unexpected (Geri Parsca…

Did you know that two out of every three students will experience a traumatic event before they reach the age of 16? Trying to be clearheaded during a crisis is difficult. As such, schools must therefore be prepared to addres...

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Nov. 19, 2024

How Schools Can Support Grieving Students (Lindsay Schambach)

Did you know that November is Children's Grief Awareness Month? Or, that 1/12 U.S. children will experience the death of a parent or sibling by age 18? Grief is a normal part of life, and schools must find ways to …

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Nov. 12, 2024

How to Activate Math Talks in Your Elementary Classroom (Paola Sztaij…

Dr. Paola Sztaijn is Dean of Education at North Carolina State University and co-author of the book - Activating Math Talk: 11 Purposeful Techniques for Your Elementary Students. In this episode, Paola and I discuss the four ...

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Nov. 5, 2024

How and Why to Teach the "Hard" Election Process (Jeremy Kaplan)

Given the contentious nature of this election season and the accompanying polarization, humanities teachers could be forgiven for not wanting to teach the election process. Yet, if we onlt teach the past, including hard pasts...

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Oct. 29, 2024

How to Use Questioning to Maximize Student Curiosity and Engagement (…

In this episode, I am joined by Erik Francis, author of the new book Inquiring Minds Want to Learn. In our conversation, we discuss not only how to use questioning as a form of assessment but, perhaps more importantly, as …

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Oct. 22, 2024

How to Design Your Student Assessments in Five Easy Steps (Nicole Dim…

Assessment of student learning is critical if we are to get a true sense of what students know and can do before, during, and after teaching. Join me and my next guest, Nicole Dimich, as we discuss her book - …

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