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Danielle Johnson
Jun 17, 2020
Don’t Fool Yourself. Education is Politics.
Systemic oppression is endemic in public education. It’s time we faced our fears and called it out. Jared Fritzinger is a Civics and...
Meghan Raftery
May 25, 2020
Part 1: Taekwondo as Lesson Study
I wrote this post several months ago, after conversations with a few educator colleagues whose kids attend the same martial arts school....
Meghan Raftery
May 4, 2020
The Space Between
A few years ago, I embarked upon a Happiness Project. I created 12 theme areas I wanted to work on, then created 5 goals or habits for...
Danielle Johnson
Apr 22, 2020
UPDATED: What If… Teachers Demanded to Be Treated Like Artists
Note: Back by popular demand, Edjacent author Jared Fritzinger from https://edinthewild.com/ shares a response with his views on teaching...
Danielle Johnson
Apr 19, 2020
What If... School Was Filled With Wonder and Exploration Instead of Standards
Laura Solomon Parent, military spouse, aspiring educational innovator BSIE – Georgia Institute of Technology MEd, Social Foundations –...
Danielle Johnson
Apr 19, 2020
Simple Truths From an Educator in the Wild
Jared Fritzinger is a civics and economics teacher at Old Donation School in Virginia Beach, VA. He has been teaching for about 9 years....
Danielle Johnson
Apr 14, 2020
Calling All Educators: Peace, Love, Books, and Clarity
Kristen Hildum, a retired teacher and school librarian, owns a bookshop with her family that is uniquely situated in a vintage Airstream...
Doug Wren
Apr 11, 2020
What if… All Educators Were Assessment Literate?
Doug Wren is a consultant and author of the book Assessing Deeper Learning: Developing, Implementing, and Scoring Performance Tasks. He...
Meghan Raftery
Apr 6, 2020
What If… High Schools Were For Electives
The "what if" series focuses on imagining what could be possible for schools in the future - throwing out old notions of what schools are...
Danielle Johnson
Apr 2, 2020
The Upside of Disruption in Our Lives
Laura Solomon Parent, military spouse, aspiring educational innovator BSIE – Georgia Institute of Technology MEd, Social Foundations –...
Meghan Raftery
Mar 26, 2020
A Novel Opportunity
Gordon has been an educator for 17 years. For the first sixteen years, he taught English exclusively to “at-risk” students with the last...
Danielle Johnson
Mar 25, 2020
Virtual (R)Evolution
At any given time, you will find Jaime Kurowski either parenting, teaching, reading, writing, wood-burning, or fiercely trying to shift...
Doug Wren
Mar 25, 2020
Thoughts on Standardized Testing After the Storm Has Passed
Doug Wren has worked in public education for nearly three decades—half of that time as a classroom teacher. He recently retired from...
Danielle Johnson
Mar 23, 2020
Keeping the Balance with Home Learning
Annette Conley has been teaching for more than 30 years. Currently, she is the Reading Specialist at Thoroughgood Elementary in Virginia...
Danielle Johnson
Mar 20, 2020
Envisioning Learning and Blended Online School Scenarios for the Next 18 Months and Beyond
Edjacent note: This post was written by Edjacent fan and early supporter Chris Jacobs just days into the pandemic. Chris has since...
Meghan Raftery
Mar 12, 2020
Preparing to Working Remotely While Your Kids are Home From School? 5 Essential Tips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m67JbGjWnc COVID-19 (Coronavirus) has many schools and businesses scrambling to quickly find ways for...
Meghan Raftery
Aug 29, 2019
The Perfect Lesson
The Perfect Lesson It’s time to start writing a lesson for Tuesday. What do you use as a basis for planning? Is it: a. The lesson the day...
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