In This Issue:

    • Key factors in during-the-lesson assessment of student learning
    • A New Jersey district detracks math in its upper-elementary grades
    • Black and Latin students’ sense of belonging, classroom by classroom
    • The case for including spelling in early literacy screenings
    • The remarkable accuracy of Wikipedia
    • Mini-observations 3.0
    • Free online resources on the U.S. election
    • Recommended books for young children on good manners

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    In This Issue:

    • Are high-school English teachers getting students to read whole books?
    • Lessons learned from a bad grade in college
    • A critical look at the "science of reading"
    • Evaluating a reading program based on research, not fads
    • How can students learn from texts above their reading level?
    • A Massachusetts art teacher's idea spreads schoolwide
    • Helpful folders for a learning management system
    • Recommended middle grade and YA books
    • Halloween books

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    In This Issue:

    • How much impact can tutors - human or GenAI - really have?
    • Dealing with pushback on minimum grades
    • In what ways is playing in a band like grading students?
    • Teachers' lectures don't have to be a passive and boring experience
    • Leaders letting go of the need to be right
    • Elena Aguilar on fostering healthy conflict
    • Is sustained silent reading a good use of class time?
    • Ideas for one-on-one check-in meetings
    • Manga books about monsters
    • A briefer version of Jonathan Haidt's webinar on "The Anxious Generation"

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    by Kim Marshall

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    In This Issue:

    • How to compliment students for correct math answers
    • A teacher describes his journey simplifying grading
    • A middle-school curriculum on argumentation
    • How important is it for preschoolers to learn their ABCs?
    • Handling parent conferences when a student is having difficulty
    • Guidelines for a school counselor dealing with a student in crisis
    • Recommended nonfiction graphic novels
    • A webinar with Jonathan Haidt, author of "The Anxious Generation"
    • An animated infographic on reading
    • A mountain biker explores Newtonian physics on a moving train
    • A quiz on misconceptions about learning

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    In This Issue:

    • The wisdom of James Earl Jones
    • Dyslexia: broadening our diagnostic lens
    • Rethinking college admissions tests
    • Which students benefit from online math programs?
    • Problems with daily one-minute reading homework
    • Theater games that bring the curriculum alive
    • A school "restoration room" - a safe and healing space
    • Scaffolding good student discussions about math
    • A new book about race and equity
    • Children's books about grandparents and elders
    • The annual Phi Delta Kappa poll

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    In This Issue:

    Potential problems, including student cheating

    • GenAI - what could go wrong?
    • Classroom assessments vulnerable to AI cheating
    • Keeping kids honest in this brave new world

    Ensuring that deeper learning happens

    • What human-type teachers do that AI can't
    • Classroom rigor and artificial intelligence
    • Thinking through the pros and cons
    • Four guiding principles

    AI tools and time-savers for teachers

    • Enhancing pedagogy
    • AI as co-teacher in a Nevada high school
    • Putting the tools to work in classrooms
    • Tips for evaluating AI

    Crafting and fine-tuning prompts

    • Skillfully framing questions
    • How to improve results from prompts
    • Some specific suggestions
    • Prompts for social-emotional learning

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    In This Issue:

    • Implementing "Thinking Classrooms" in a New York middle school
    • Fostering compassion and compassionate action in schools
    • The college essay as a crucible of craft, creativity, and revelation
    • Sensible limits on test retakes
    • High-school teachers decide enough is enough with cellphones
    • Fixing student misconceptions about evolution
    • Links between elementary math achievement and classroom behavior
    • Alternatives to bellicose metaphors in schools
    • Seven time management tips
    • Recommended 2023 nonfiction and poetry books for young people

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    by Jonathan Haidt

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    In This Issue:

    • Tom Brady on key principles of team leadership
    • Just because you have data doesn't mean it's the right data
    • What's the matter with kids these days?
    • The science and art of teaching
    • Four ways to get students to do more writing
    • Financial literacy activities
    • Recommended 2023 novels for young people

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