Learning Conducive to Life: A Radical Approach at the Biomimicry for Regenerative Design Lab at Green Schools Bali
By: Benjamin Freud “Change without change” is a concept in physics that says you can alter how you describe something mathematically, but the actual outcomes remain exactly the same. This also occurs in education when we change posters and measurement methodologies, expecting systemic change. Using the master’s tools to dismantle the master’s house, as Audre Lorde says, is a dangerous recipe for s...[Read More]
I Embraced AI in My Community College English Class — and My Students Loved It
My 12-year-old twins can prompt ChatGPT with alarming fluency. They’ve generated AI music, transformed family photos into wispy Van Gogh-style portraits, and built a chatbot that mimics their favorite anime characters. As their mother, I’d love to say it’s because they’re brilliant, and of course they are, but the truth is less flattering and far more important. My children are AI literate because...[Read More]
Most Students Now Face Cellphone Limits at School. What Happens Next?
New state policies to restrict cellphone use in schools are driven by bipartisan support.
Teaching What the World Needs: How Neuroscience, Student Leadership, and Productive Struggle Prepare Learners for What’s Next
By: Kurt Wismer “The highest-priority skills for the future aren’t technical. They’re human.” — World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2025 What if we measured student success not by their GPA or seat time, but by their ability to lead themselves, navigate challenges, and take responsibility for the room they’re in? That question started in a high school entrepreneurship classroom, and it has...[Read More]
A Short History Of Education Technology
Selected Timeline of Educational Technology (2000–2025) Selected Timeline of Educational Technology (2000–2025) Related: Modern Classroom Technology Trends | Using Technology Effectively in Learning | Bloom’s Digital Verbs 2000–2003 Digital tools begin to enter classrooms, led by interactive whiteboards and early online platforms like Blackboard. The groundwork is laid for the shift from analog to...[Read More]
7 Teaching Secrets For Long-Term Growth
What Are The Teaching Secrets For Long-Term Growth? by Terry Heick This post has been updated from a version published in 2013 Good teaching is a major undertaking. Make no mistake–teaching has never been easy. But as we come upon 2014, as a profession teaching is increasingly characterized by its possibility, accountability, and persistent mutation…. Source
Data Shows More Discipline, Less College Prep for Students With Disabilities
Roughly 1 out of every 7 children in public school has an identified disability, according to a recent analysis, but both traditional public and charter schools have a long way to go to provide equal opportunities for those students — which they have the right to receive. Now in its sixth year, the Center for Learning Equity’s review of federal civil rights data found that students with disabiliti...[Read More]
How One Principal Got Kids to Pay Attention in Class
Utah principal Shauna Haney brought about one of the first classroom cellphone bans in the state.
If you like creative writing, I made a Substack
In addition to my work at TeachThought, I also write creative nonfiction, essays, and—more recently—poetry. I’ve presented my work at the University of Louisville Literacy Conference in 2019, 2021, 2023, and 2024. If you’re into creative writing, I’ve started a Substack called Everything We Carry. It’s a place for poems and short prose about memory,… Source
Teaching Is Human Work. Systems Aren’t Built for That.
Teachers are the great translators of learning–mediators that speak in binary code for the system and in human tongue for the children. Source
Developing Confident Students Using Gradual Release Of Responsibility
To use the Gradual Release of Responsibility model, students need to see others using it and who better to model it but you? Source
What Did I Do “At School” Today? A Learner from 2040 Tells All
Jamie, a fictional young person in 2040, wrote this piece to reflect on her high school experience. You know, when my grandma tells me about her childhood, it sounds so… structured. One school building, one classroom, one teacher for everything. School happened “inside” those walls. Every. Day. For my mom, not much changed. She had a couple of teachers, but I was shocked at how similar the picture...[Read More]