Years ago in a Long Island doctor's office, four-year-old Laura was fitted with her first pair of hearing aids, customized to compensate for her specific hearing loss. However, they didn't work very well, particularly in noisy backgrounds, so she…
As a teacher, deciding to take on National Board certification was a means to pushing myself professionally. I eagerly took on the challenge because I wanted to be the best teacher I could be. Years had passed since my teacher education program…
The new question-of-the-week is: What are effective strategies for having students teach their classmates and other peers? Please share your thoughts in the comments or, if you prefer, feel free to email them to me. You can also send questions to…
With thousands of education apps available today, it can seem like students' success is in the palm of their hands. But easy to forget is that technology is not in itself a solution. For it to work as intended, it must be paired with other critical…
The parlous state of civic debate today is making it increasingly clear that America needs to rededicate itself to the beliefs and habits necessary for sustaining a democratic, pluralistic nation. This includes fostering empathy and strenuously…
