Citizenship is an integral aspect of society. It’s also important in the classroom: Students who learn about citizenship early in life develop a stronger commitment to doing good in the world. So what exactly is citizenship, and why is it so important for students to learn about it? As we’ve discussed ...
There are few things teenagers love more than sleeping in. While elementary-age kids bounce around the house looking for adventure on weekends, teens and tweens do their best to sleep past noon. Despite this love of sleep, many teens have the earliest start times out of all K-12 students. It’s ...
Growing up in this decade is different from any time before. Even teachers who grew up in the internet era didn’t face as much peer pressure about social media and body image. Today’s middle and high school students follow countless influencers on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and other channels. The drive to ...
Over the past year, the use of AI-generated content has taken the web by storm. Social media users changed their profile pictures to AI-generated art (much to the chagrin of human artists) while podcasters, bloggers and other content creators are using AI generative tools like ChatGPT to create content to ...
If you ask a room of kindergarteners what they want to be when they grow up, you will hear everything from a space cowboy to a unicorn. If you ask the same question to a group of high schoolers, you might get more realistic answers, but that doesn’t mean the ...
Short stories offer a wealth of teaching opportunities for students of all ages and abilities. For high school students in particular, short stories provide a platform for teaching about both the English language and life itself. When you’re looking for exciting, meaningful material, refer to this list of contemporary short stories ...
There’s a growing trend across the United States where students and teachers have a four-day school week instead of the traditional five-day week. In some cases, students use Monday for a period of independent learning while teachers use the day for grading and planning. In other cases, students enjoy Fridays ...
Teachers have to stick to a tight curriculum packed with topics, assignments, and exams. Time for reflection doesn’t seem possible when an inclement weather day has put everyone a class behind, and a school assembly took away more time. Even when students need to review certain topics, teachers lose more ...
Teachers often connect their lesson plans to real world concepts. It’s easier to engage students if they can tie various ideas to their own life experiences. This makes weather lesson plans easier because most kids have been caught in a downpour, experienced a blizzard or complained about the heat. Weather lesson ...
