I am passing out Brave New World to the 10th graders. "Is there an audiobook for this?" a student asks. "Why not just read the book?" I respond. "I can't read this without help," explains the student. "I'll see," I sigh| The Educators Room
In my first year of teaching, I wanted to teach a Shakespeare play, but was completely intimidated by where to start. I befriended the most veteran member o ...| The Educators Room
A recent PDK poll shows that 82% of Americans support job-skills classes, even if it’s at the expense of academic classes. Additionally, 86% believe schools should offer certificate / licensing programs that lead to jobs. But they’re forgetting one very big thing: this type of education already exists. It’s just that everybody forgets vocational-technical training. And […]| The Educators Room
One group that has been affected by Common Core, and so little has been written about is our high school students. Our students have learned one way for so long, and then things change almost overnight.| The Educators Room
It may seem odd to have recess for students who have adult responsibilities but they love it and demand it.| The Educators Room
Disrespect in the classroom should not be tolerated under any circumstances.| The Educators Room
In the 21st century, there is a multitude of ways to communicate with parents. I know a large part of the education workforce is comprised of ‘digital immigrants’, but with a little time and motivation, all teachers can (and should) utilize technology to increase communication with parents and students. Here are my eight favorite ways […]| The Educators Room
Teachers - do you want to know what's going on in the middle school mind? Here's a quick and easy lesson to find out!| The Educators Room
For teachers who are looking for guidance on how to teach informational texts at the high school level, there is a model lesson on Lincoln's Gettysburg Address at the EngageNY website. The text of the speech delivered by Lincoln on November 19, 1863, is short enough to fit on two pages or two bronze plaques on a memorial on the battles grounds in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. With 272 artfully crafted words Lincoln reframed the objectives of the Civil War while restating the principles of the equ...| The Educators Room
It's Chromebooks for the win!| The Educators Room
To track or not to track? Is that a question? Have I already lost you? Tracking has been a dirty word for decades. Mostly for good reason. But. Leveled classes might have a place. We all know that “tracking” happens when we offer advanced courses and co-taught sections. The limitations of scheduling mean groups of […]| The Educators Room
On August 21st, 2017, North America will experience something amazing. For the first time in over 30 years, there will be a total solar eclipse.| The Educators Room
I was better acquainted with Teachers Pay Teachers in my last interview with Melissa Seideman. As a teacher-leader in social studies, she said she was inspired to see what her lessons would do if she posted them for sale.| The Educators Room
From The Washington Post… “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” Trump said, according to these people, referring to countries mentioned by the lawmakers. Trump then suggested that the United States should instead bring more people from countries such as Norway, whose prime minister he met with Wednesday. The president, […]| The Educators Room
I love to see new teachers join our ranks. In a profession that is being left behind to make more money working at the local 7-11, it’s still good to see fresh faces believing in what we do. The teachers fresh from student teaching, wearing their classroom key around their neck like a badge of […]| The Educators Room
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Relationships between parents and teachers have gotten worse than ever. But we can change that. Here's five ways parents can do better.| The Educators Room
Teachers have good intentions for using writing rubrics. But rubrics can stifle students from becoming proficient and authentic writers.| The Educators Room
A no-cell-phone policy can help students succeed academically, and teach them a valuable lesson about their relationship to technology.| The Educators Room
Scholastic has reversed their stance on making diverse texts optional at Scholastic Book Fairs effective in January.| The Educators Room
As one of the writers for The Educator’s Room, I participate with all the authors in regular conversations. We share ideas, talk about pedagogy, discuss writing topics, and sometimes even debate politics. That has been especially true in our newly politically-charged world that is so prevalent lately. Our current political discussion (a proper word since […]| The Educators Room
Earth Day is Monday and it's time for us to explore options that don't center The Lorax and find other options.| The Educators Room
All students deserve accessible music education. We need to end elitism that cuts too many students off from music.| The Educators Room
Too many educators avoid pop culture in their classrooms. But there are many benefits to using pop culture in education.| The Educators Room
By Tamara V. Russell, NBCT Each year during the months of January and February, elementary school classrooms across the country whitewash the story of Dr. Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement. Because students are so young, many times teachers will limit the scope of the movement to the idea that Dr. King was […]| The Educators Room
As a former Texas Master Teacher, I thought I knew everything there was to know about education, as it related to data and metrics. I knew how to tier my students based on their academic needs. I understood the necessity for grouping my students by various demographic markers. I effectively delivered the Texas Essential Knowledge […] The post Chronic Absenteeism: The Silent Killer appeared first on The Educators Room.| The Educators Room
This is a developing story. The Department of Education has fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency’s employees. This comes after the college access program known as TRIO was let go, according to Rachel Gittleman, the […] The post Department of Education wipes out nearly all of special education office appeared first on The Educators Room.| The Educators Room
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the nation’s largest federal employee union, filed a lawsuit on Oct. 1 against the U.S. Department of Education and Education Secretary Linda McMahon, alleging that the Trump Administration unlawfully compelled federal employees to distribute partisan political messages during the ongoing government shutdown. The complaint, filed in federal court […] The post Federal Workers’ Union sues Trump administration over partisan shutdown m...| The Educators Room
Decoding alone doesn’t capture the rhythms, rhymes, and stories children carry in their bodies and homes. You walk into a classroom, and you hear the laughter on the faces of the youth. They are clapping their hands, stomping their feet, reciting the songs in their homes, and the dances of the latest dance challenge. I […] The post The Science of Reading: Forgot the Playground appeared first on The Educators Room.| The Educators Room
According to PEN America, there have been nearly 23,000 book bans in public schools nationwide since 2021, the largest number ever recorded in America. There were 6,870 instances of book banning, nearly 4,000 unique titles, during the 2024-2025 school year. This censorship is being mobilized by groups with conservative viewpoints, such as Moms for Liberty, […] The post Most Banned Books of the 2024-2025 School Year appeared first on The Educators Room.| The Educators Room
This summer, I was invited to study at the Genocide Museum in Yerevan, Armenia as a teacher fellow with the Genocide Education Project. I walked the museum with Regina Galustyan, the museum’s biographer and researcher. I sat in on lectures from professors like Dr. Dikran Kaligian and visited cultural sites and monasteries. I watched Armenian […] The post Around the World in 80 Lessons: Warnings in Genocide to the US from Armenia appeared first on The Educators Room.| The Educators Room
In a post-pandemic world, teachers have seized the opportunity to pause and rebuild their approach to learning. When life handed us lemons, we understood the need to offer more than just lemonade in order to reinvigorate students who are chronically absent and disengaged. Many teachers have increased student choice, social-emotional learning strategies, and centered learning […] The post How teachers are rebuilding a love of reading among teens appeared first on The Educators Room.| The Educators Room
True teaching extends beyond the classroom, as the quiet resilience and strength of others, like Akka, the school helper, impart powerful life lessons.| The Educators Room
Why We Need Anti-Bias, Culturally Relevant Teaching Now More Than Ever On Tuesday, November 8th America elected Donald J. Trump, a man who pushed the racist theory that President Obama was born in Kenya, called Mexican immigrants “rapists and drug dealers”, falsely insisted that Muslim citizens were complicit in the San Bernardino terrorist attacks, made countless sexist […]| The Educators Room
When I teach poetry to my sixteen- and seventeen-year-old students, I often think about the fact that many of them will be voting soon. I know that most people don’t see the connection here, but for me, teaching them to be critical readers of a poem is the best way to get them to be […]| The Educators Room
As a mother and a teacher, my job is to educate, care for, and love my kids. I treat my students as I would my own kids, and I expect my daughters’ teachers to do the same. To hear about the 2,000 children who remain separated from their parents, and left in cages and tent […]| The Educators Room
January 6, 2021 Americans woke up on the morning of January 6, 2021, learning that Georgia elected its first African-American Senator–a historic event only to be overshadowed by thousands of Americans storming the Capitol building in the afternoon. On my commute home, my mother-in-law, a retired social studies teacher, texts me: “Protestors have invaded the […]| The Educators Room
On Friday, the superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools, Dr. Ian Roberts, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, according to the district. According to ICE, Roberts was in the country illegally from Guyana and was working as a superintendent despite having “a final order of removal and no work authorization.”In addition, when […] The post Superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools detained by ICE appeared first on The Educators Room.| The Educators Room
Ryan Walters, the state school superintendent who implemented Bibles in all public classrooms in the state, will resign from his position effective the end of this month. Elected in 2022, Walters spent his tenure as head of schools routinely injecting religion into the States’ public schools, and he will join the Teacher Freedom Alliance, a […] The post Ryan Walters steps down after turbulent tenure as Oklahoma state superintendent appeared first on The Educators Room.| The Educators Room
The majority of California's public colleges are designated as Hispanic Serving Institutions (or HSIs).| The Educators Room
The Art of storytelling in the classroom.| The Educators Room
Growing up, I remember learning about Benjamin Franklin explaining life’s assurances: “…in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” He was explaining to a French pen pal that the American experiment was as raw as it was unpredictable. The Constitution and our fledgling country were trees in the desert, and Franklin, easily the oldest of the Founders, was around little longer to see the fruits of the Founders’ labor. Now 220+ years later, that experiment...| The Educators Room
This describes the LD child, young adult and adult who often feels lost and frightened because they often will and have suffered years of despair, discouragement, and frustration.| The Educators Room
I revisited my roots a bit this week by putting myself in a new teacher's shoes and looking at the "Pennsylvania Standard Teaching Application." On the very last page of the application, there are 3 essay choices. I was immediately drawn to one that asked, "What are the qualities of an effective educator?" I challenged myself to create a list of qualities that don't go beyond the one page maximum (as my colleagues here at The Educator's Room might tell you, have I have a tendency to be more v...| The Educators Room
The Trump administration has agreed to unfreeze more than $1 billion in funding for after-school and summer programs.| The Educators Room
This is Part 2 of an interview with Lauren Hopson, known around the Internet as the “Tired Teacher."| The Educators Room
#ReverseTheFee! Remind.com recently announced that beginning on January 28, 2019, seven million Verizon customers would no longer receive texts from a free and beneficial education app known as Remind. You may have been one of the millions of people who received the following email message from Remind.com: Hi Laura, We’re sorry to write with […]| The Educators Room
As of July 1, the USDOE has withheld over $6.2 billion in congressionally approved K–12 education funds jeopardizing critical programs for underserved students.| The Educators Room
In a 2025 survey, The Educator's Room surveyed over 600 educators about their feelings regarding the withholding of federal funds.| The Educators Room
A teacher shares how restorative justice practices transformed a troubled student’s behavior and helped foster a more inclusive classroom.| The Educators Room
Use these resources to help connect the World Cup to reading, math, science, and history in your elementary classroom.| The Educators Room
Teachers need to prepare for a new wave of attacks on equity. After CRT is the right is coming for “gender ideology.”| The Educators Room
Students are struggling. Social and emotional learning can help. Here are ways to incorporate SEL in the classroom for any content area.| The Educators Room
While not every one of our lessons can be a 10 on the excitement level, attempting to bring in our students’ world will increase student engagement.| The Educators Room
The USDOE has referred Maine’s Title IX case to the Department of Justice and begun proceedings to revoke the state’s federal K-12 funding.| The Educators Room
The report claims they “have never moved — and do not plan to move — the court to declare or enjoin Section 504… as unconstitutional on its face.”| The Educators Room
Last Saturday, I watched my eight-year-old daughter melt into a weeping pile of helplessness. It was her baptism. My husband’s side of the family is Catholic, and a few months back, she expressed a desire to be baptized. Even though I am not Catholic, I supported her decision, and we put the wheels in motion. […]| The Educators Room
The following is the second piece of a four-part series entitled “TeacherEdprenur” and will follow the journey of how a simple idea about teaching became the subject of a new book, The Secrets of Timeless Teachers: Instruction that Works in Every Generation, published by Rowman & Littlefield next month (May 2016). Non-stop self-loathing. Interminable rejection. […]| The Educators Room
Each teacher has a favorite. Favorite subject, favorite activity, favorite lesson. Three years ago I started one of my favorites. Each year we start January with “Where I’m From”. The students reflect on where they are from and what makes them who they are. While reflecting on themselves and where they are from, students can focus […]| The Educators Room
Faced with rising reading challenges and classroom overwhelm, educators can use assistive technology to support struggling readers.| The Educators Room
What is a Reader's Theater? It is a teacher-written and directed play that applies directly to your content area of study.| The Educators Room
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Teachers - don't panic when August comes around. I've got the Top 5 Things Every Teacher Should Do Before School Starts to help you start back smoothly!| The Educators Room
It was just a lesson on folktales, really. We’ve been reading a variety of stories from around the world in my 8th grade English classroom – sometimes with partners or small groups, but yesterday I asked my students to tackle reading “Davy Crockett” alone. Their essential question was familiar at this point: “What do folktales […]| The Educators Room
Have you jumped into Socratic Seminars in your classroom yet? If not, I’ve got a few easy tips to help you get started – including a ‘real life’ demo video! If you’re already using Socratic Seminar, maybe I’ve got a way you can snazz yours up and take your students’ thinking a little bit deeper. […]| The Educators Room
With the school year beginning to wind down, I’ve been thinking of new ways to improve and update my curriculum for next year. What are some things that worked really well, and what are some things that I want to update? This got me thinking of ways to make my lessons even more hands-on and […]| The Educators Room
Teachers, have you thought about how you'll educate the heart this year?| The Educators Room
President-elect Trump appointed Penny Schwinn as the next United States Deputy Secretary of Education. Schwinn previously served as the Tennessee Department of Education Commissioner and vice President for PK-12 and pre-bachelor programs at the University of Florida and the Texas Education Agency. On late Friday, Trump announced the pick on Truth Social but initially misspelled […]| The Educators Room
I am a huge advocate for early intervention. Unfortunately, my district doesn’t always share the same philosophy. In my experience, students who are having difficulty in first and second grade (even some students in kindergarten) can be identified and remediated with the right supports. We are doing a huge disservice to children and families by […]| The Educators Room
If you are like me you get very invested in your students in special education. So invested that it is difficult to release them to the next special education teacher. I teach kindergarten through third grade mild/moderate special education in a resource room, so some of my kids loop up with me the next year […]| The Educators Room
In the wee hours of this morning, another of my 24-year-old son’s friends killed himself. I say another because the first one was about a year ago. Two close friends in two years. Here at The Educator’s Room, we constantly talk about self-care. We constantly are saying how important it is to take care of ourselves […]| The Educators Room
There was a sub for one of my paras a couple of weeks ago and she set up shop in my classroom. We went through the day as usual, with her thoroughly enjoying her role after being out of the classroom for the past few years. At the end of the day, as I was […]| The Educators Room
The USED Office for Civil Rights has dismissed 11 book removal complaints, rescinded related guidance, and ended investigations as of today.| The Educators Room
As a museum educator, I work with all types of learners. Multimodal teaching is a phrase I hear on a consistent basis - and as a kinesthetic learner myself, I'm thrilled to use different styles to teach. I'm excited to see each new group and be a part of the class dynamic. My lessons and tours are planned with different learning styles in mind and ready to be adapted for any group.| The Educators Room
There are many ways teachers can use the World Cup to engage students. Here are some World Cup teaching ideas for middle school students.| The Educators Room
Far-right groups like Moms For Liberty are attacking public education and civil rights under the guise of "liberty."| The Educators Room
A couple of years ago, I decided to try a new thing to see if I could increase students engagement with literature, the reading group.| The Educators Room
You might not understand what it was like to grow up as a military brat. Here are a few lessons for teachers from my life as a military brat.| The Educators Room
Picture books can be a powerful tool to explore social justice topics with all ages. Yes, that includes high school students too.| The Educators Room
Today we walked out in Oklahoma. Not out of selfishness or resentment. Not out of discourse for our jobs. Not out of spite. [bctt tweet=”We walked out – for our kids. ” username=””] We walked out because we do not have adequate supplies for our classrooms. We do not have a curriculum for our students. […]| The Educators Room
State Board of Education in Florida introduced regulations restricting public funds for (DEI) programs, activities, and policies within FCS.| The Educators Room
These seven executive orders from the Trump adminstration are targeting workforce development to AI to college accreditation.| The Educators Room
IEP meetings, to me, mean potential and growth have been projected. They mean that there are answers to some questions and that there has been credit given to student characteristics that have been noticed by parents, guardians, teachers, and/or administration.| The Educators Room
As an eighth-grade civics teacher, I am about to start my unit of study on the Executive Branch. To be honest, I’m a little scared. Strike that. I am very scared. “Why are you scared, George?” you may ask. “If you stick to the facts, you’ll have nothing to worry about,” In normal times, I’d […]| The Educators Room
“And the Oscar Goes To…” Teaching Civics in today’s hyperpartisan atmosphere is a dangerous occupation. The issues that make up the dialogue of American politics seem to have separated the American electorate to a higher degree today than in years past. Americans were always able to agree on their common heritage as the greatest democracy […]| The Educators Room
It’s the Saturday after the last day of school for teachers. I am turning 58 today. I just completed my 34th year as a social studies teacher. Tomorrow is Father’s Day. Looking back over the past year and over the arch of my career, I want to write about the struggles and successes of my […]| The Educators Room
From the Factory to a Personalized Model If you’re old enough, try to think back to the way teaching and learning was designed 40 or 50 years ago. The teacher was the “sage on the stage.” He or she had the subject information in their mind, and it was up to the teacher to make […]| The Educators Room
Before she was a Supreme Court justice, Justice Jackson presided over a mock trial to determine fault for the deaths of Romeo & Juliet.| The Educators Room
The Education Law Center's 2022 report on state education funding found numerous inequities across and within states.| The Educators Room
Today the College Board released the revised framework for the Advanced Placement African American Studies course.| The Educators Room
In this heightened political atmosphere, our society seems to be replete with instances where white people are being caught on social media being or acting in an overtly racist manner. It seems our Facebook or Twitter feeds will have on a daily basis some video of a white person treating an African-American, Hispanic, or member […]| The Educators Room
Setting the Stage I am in a hotel room with three millennials: Grace, 24, Gabriel, 22, Glorie, 20. An argument is raging: How can I be civil with people who support evil? I know that’s harsh. Is your neighbor who voted for Trump evil? I’ll say no. But these young people are having none of it. […]| The Educators Room
2013 was a pivotal year for parents, teachers and students who support a free public education for American children. In California, Governor Jerry Brown refused to over-test the state’s students to satisfy bureaucratic demands for data, even in the face of federal threats to withhold Title 1 education funding.| The Educators Room
New Jersey Governor signed the Freedom to Read Act in New Jersey schools and libraries for intellectual freedom and librarians' rights.| The Educators Room
Standardized testing: just the thought of these assessments strikes terror in the hearts of teachers. If only our students cared as much about how they score on state-mandated tests. Most of the educational literature reflects a negative view of standardized testing, but they serve an important purpose in American education: to indicate teacher effectiveness through […]| The Educators Room
This bill was introduced on November 21, 2024, to abolish the Department of Education by Senator Mike Rounds from Idaho.| The Educators Room
The national debate over the Trump Administration policy of separating children from their parents at the southern border has reached a fever pitch. Images and audio of crying children, traumatized by the removal of their parents to detention facilities while the children are detained in what amounts to cages, have preoccupied the national media and gripped […]| The Educators Room
Archaeology can take us to tombs of the Pharaohs or to unravel mysteries at home. We can study math, science, history, and English. Let's get digging!| The Educators Room
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Welcome to our brand new advice column! Over the years we’ve received a wide range of questions from fellow educators. So we decided to ask some of our writers to respond. Today we’re helping a teacher who feels like […]| The Educators Room
