Students at British universities are increasingly calling for their reading lists to include more black and minority ethnic (BAME) writers. But four years after the first Rhodes Must Fall protest in South Africa, the campaign for decolonising the curriculum still faces scepticism and resistance. While Meghan Markle recently came out in support of the campaign,
It’s not the objections I anticipate that give me trouble. It’s the ones I never see coming. As part of the local Academic Master Plan, we’re looking at systematically addressing student basic needs. That entails looking at the material preconditions to enable students to pay attention to their studies: food, transportation, and the like. The
We have a community of dedicated educators who use TpT resources as a tool to solve the unique instructional challenges they face. Meet Hannah Burkhauser, a 2nd grade teacher for a private Catholic school who’s navigating through the challenges of her first year of teaching with help from TpT. Title: 2nd Grade TeacherLocation: Austin,
This morning on Twitter Kathleen Morris asked me for some suggestions for free tools students can use to create picture books. She was looking for alternatives to Storybird which has recently announced some changes to their pricing structure. Selecting and arranging pictures on a page can be a good way to help students generate ideas
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In today’s environment, media literacy is more important than ever. But the sparse research on the topic shows us that kids really struggle with identifying legitimate sources. This Stanford study found that 82 percent of middle school students couldn’t distinguish between a news story and one labeled as sponsored content. Another 80 percent assumed that an
Sanaz (not her real name) was 13 years old when she left home to escape a forced marriage. Her story is not unusual for many young girls in London. Forced marriage became an offence in 2014 and since then there have been 491 incidents of it reported to the police in the capital. But the
7 Skills Students Will Always Need by Jennifer Rita Nichols Ed note: This post has been updated from a 2013 post. As educators, we constantly strive to prepare our students for the ‘real world’ that exists around them. We teach them how to read, write, and calculate. Then, of course, there are the less tangible
Nico Heugh Simone, 15, has autism, anxiety, and sensory and communication difficulties, which means he requires specialist help to attend mainstream school. But his family has struggled for six years to get his local authority to fund the cost of his education at his local state school. “Navigating the education system for children with special
Not very long ago, the life course was divided into three parts: a period of preparation, a period of family and work, and a period of retirement. In recent years, that tripartite division of the life course has broken down. No longer are education, work, and family responsibilities siloed off from one another. At the same time,
