Culture Corner: Celebrating New Year’s Eve Around the World

Ricky Adamson, PhD

We all have personal traditions and celebrations we use to usher in the New Year. For me, and for many others I know, these often include a party with friends, culminating in turning on the…

3 Fun Winter Math Exercises for Middle School Students

Carnegie Learning

Are your students counting down the days (or hours, or minutes, or seconds), until winter break starts? Secretly, are you doing the same? Keep everyone a little more focused with these festive activities that will…

A Rich American Tapestry: 5 Indigenous Poets to Teach Right Now

Carnegie Learning

It’s always a good day to teach Indigenous poets, but doing so in November is an especially great way to honor Native American Heritage Month. Challenge and inspire your ELA students by teaching these five…

How to Choose the Best Digital Learning Solution for Your Classroom

Matt Murphy

Take a moment and think back to your first or second year of teaching. You probably had between 20 and 30 students, all with different needs, skills, and learning styles. You did your best to…

Honoring Student Voices: An Asset-Based Approach

Carnegie Learning

As educators, we’re always trying to come up with new ways to build on the skills and interests that our students bring to our classrooms.  In our recent webinar, “Honoring Student Voices: An Asset-Based Approach,”…

Tutoring Works. But What’s the Best Way to Deliver It?

Peter LaCasse

When I was a classroom teacher, I, like many others, picked up tutoring gigs on the side. What I loved about this work was that I could give kids the individualized support they needed and…