"Teachers must strive for reachable moments with students, which can then turn into powerful teachable moments."
Marnette Federis via @mindshift-kqed.bsky.social
www.kqed.org/mindshift/66...

I’ll walk you through five specific structures you can choose from to plan solid, interesting instruction for an extended class period, the kind of teaching that will make those 90 minutes fly by.
www.cultofpedagogy.com/block-schedu...

"Middle school provides a perfect opportunity to incorporate interdisciplinary lessons across content areas to bolster foundational skills."
Michele Haiken via @middleweb.bsky.social
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Most parents want to be generous to their community. And most teachers and schools create a fair system for school supplies. The problem comes when the expectations of the parent (and thus the child) are different from the systems the school has set up.

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Why do so many school improvement efforts lose momentum or get replaced by something else? This week I talked with Jal Mehta & Max Yurkofsky about what gets in the way — and what’s going right in places where meaningful change actually takes hold. www.cultofpedagogy.com/continuous-i...

"I realized my students didn’t need more activities—they needed more opportunities to practice the same decoding skills in a focused, connected way."
Jess Dalrymple via @edutopia.org
www.edutopia.org/article/15-m...

Teachers say important things while students are still talking. No one is waiting for complete and utter quiet. And our audience is missing stuff.
www.cultofpedagogy.com/5-second-sol...

"Reflection creates space for learning to be an active, continuous, and recursive process."
Lynne Dorfman, Catherine Gehman, Pérsida Himmele, and Aileen Hower via @ascdofficial.bsky.social
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I’ve come to the conclusion that if someone wants to be a master teacher, acts of subversion are a necessary part of the job.
www.cultofpedagogy.com/subversion/

Differentiation can feel impossible to sustain. In the final post of our Back to Basics series, I offer a more doable approach: the “something is better than nothing” method. If you’ve thrown in the towel on differentiation, this is a way back in.
www.cultofpedagogy.com/realistic-di...

"We have the ability to do a little bit less grading while still providing students with valuable feedback for their growth."
@mirplo.bsky.social via @edutopia.org
www.edutopia.org/article/how-...

You teach your heart out. Really just knock it out of the park. Then you ask a question students should know the answer to … and nothing. What's going on?

Guest post by @blakeharvard.bsky.social
www.cultofpedagogy.com/stare/

"In the same way educators are looking closely at early literacy, we have to examine what’s happening in early elementary grades in math—from the moment kids enter school."
Nardi Routten @ascdofficial.bsky.social
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We're in part 3 of my four-part Back to Basics series on instructional planning. With our objectives and assessment plan in place, we're ready to write the daily lesson plans that will give students the skills and knowledge they need to be successful. www.cultofpedagogy.com/how-to-write...

Dress codes are meant to create safe, positive learning environments in schools, but too many of them have the opposite effect.

www.cultofpedagogy.com/dress-code/

"Quality physical education classes do more than teach sports skills—they create spaces where every student feels motivated, supported, and successful."
Jake Bersin via @novakeducation.bsky.social
www.novakeducation.com/blog/udl-in-...