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The Language of the Self-Authoring Educator
The words we use matter. They affirm or tear down. They empower or weaken. We spend a lot of time talking about words at Edjacent. Here...
Meghan Raftery
Jul 24, 2021


Spoon Theory for Teachers
Note from Edjacent: This post was written in January of 2021 by a teacher who later left public education for her dream job working with...
Meghan Raftery
Jan 6, 2021


On the Matter of What Matters in Public Education
My original plan for this post was to focus exclusively on how teachers can assess deeper learning. But that changed. Before writing a...

Doug Wren
Nov 19, 2020


Lofty Suggestions From the Other Side of the Screen
I am not generally a complainer. If I see a problem, I immediately want to solve it or find a better way. Remote learning has been taxing...
Meghan Raftery
Sep 23, 2020


Lessons From the Other Side of the Screen
After just over a month of online coaching and two weeks of monitoring my own sons’ remote learning, I feel like most parents and...
Meghan Raftery
Sep 19, 2020


What to Expect When You Have a Middle Schooler
Edjacent note: This post was written by a guest author who teaches sixth grade in a school that includes both elementary and middle...
Meghan Raftery
Sep 13, 2020


Learning From Home
As in many places, our local schools have just announced they will be opening with remote learning before (hopefully) transitioning to...
Meghan Raftery
Jul 29, 2020


WAIT - Why Am I Talking?
Get audio from Libro.fm I have so much to say about Ta-Nehisi Coates masterpiece, The Water Dancer. I listened to this book while walking...
Meghan Raftery
Jul 7, 2020


Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ)
Here’s another post from the archives, musings from a flight that seem relevant in today’s times. Let me know what you think in the...
Meghan Raftery
Jun 29, 2020


Part 2: Taekwondo as Lesson Study
ICYMI: The original post, Part 1: Taekwondo as Lesson Study can be found here: https://edjacent.org/part-1-taekwondo-as-lesson-study/ You...
Meghan Raftery
Jun 23, 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...

Danielle Johnson
Jun 17, 2020


You Should Know
You should know, I wrote this post almost two years ago, but I was too afraid to post it. I still am, but I am going to anyway. You...
Meghan Raftery
Jun 1, 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 25, 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...
Meghan Raftery
May 4, 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 22, 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 19, 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...

Danielle Johnson
Apr 14, 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...

Doug Wren
Apr 11, 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...
Meghan Raftery
Apr 6, 2020
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