Tag: students
Rigorous Reading
Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey suggest strategies to help students engage with complex texts
Fourth grader Mario sits at his desk, staring at the page...
Meeting Teachers’ Needs to Help Dyslexic Students Succeed
The beginning of a new year always brings new education policies and strategies. U.S. educators currently find themselves in a rapidly changing time for...
Testing Benefits
If you are an educator, chances are that you have had or will have a student who is learning English as an additional language....
Helping Students Find Their Voices
Imagine being a student whose family has recently immigrated to the U.S. Your family is often struggling to make ends meet, is undocumented, and...
Let Learning Emerge
Complexity theory (CT) deals with complex, dynamic, and nonlinear systems. When I first encountered CT some 20 years ago, it was not in...
The ESL Makeover
Danny Brassell gets over himself to make learning fun for all ages
When I first began teaching elementary school, my principal asked me if...
Speaking Spanish
First, let us take a look at what students are hoping for, what we are hoping for as teachers, and why speaking in class...
Conquering U.S. Admission Exams
Philip Bates shares how international students can effectively prepare for the SAT and ACT
I’ve had conversations with high school students from India to South...
Sharing Study Abroad
The recent college admissions scandal has focused much of the nation on the competition for places at top U.S. universities, and the extreme measures...
Breaking Barriers in Communication while Illustrating our Humanity
Michelle Zimmerman explores how artificial intelligence (AI) can facilitate communication and storytelling, and, thus, learning
LEILA: Why isn’t it talking? CUB: Is it a good...
