The STEM Effect
Certain buzz words and topics come and go in the arena of education. Currently, the word to know is STEM, the acronym for science, technology, engineering, and math.
Author: TEACH Magazine
Lunch Police: Should Educators Get Involved?
Lunch box policing and food bans have been a hot topic in the past couple years. But do schools and educators have the right to tell students what they can and cannot eat?
Fake News: Distinguishing Fact from Fiction
People often want to avoid the news because, sometimes, reality hurts. Recently, some want to tune out for other reasons: they doubt the headlines are real.
Special Needs: An Insider’s Perspective
Dear teacher, You’ve been teaching us about types of writing: the difference between fiction and non-fiction; procedural writing; business letters and personal letters—like ...
Students as Teachers
Nothing commits knowledge to memory better than having to teach it. Thus, what better way to teach students a piece of literature than to have them teach it themselves?
Black History: More Than Slavery and Civil Rights
Teaching Black history well means telling the story properly. This requires creatively engaging with the past and present.
Practical Tips to Prevent Plagiarism
Students plagiarize. But they don’t create the problem. Assignments need to require more than Google searches to complete.
Learning Math through Movement
Imagine a math class where kids are hopping up and down, swinging their arms side to side, and shouting out numbers. They’re enjoying themselves—and they’re still learning.
Making Social Media Work for You
If teachers want to use social media wisely in the classroom—either by teaching about it, or teaching with it—they’ll need to seriously think about why and how they’re doing ...
Stress: Coping Techniques and How to Use Them
Stress can be useful: it fires up our brains and bodies. But sometimes we are so overrun by physiological and emotional symptoms that we can’t focus on the problem.