Memo 1131

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  1. Tasks, time, teaching, and beliefs: what matters most?
  2. A teacher bonds with her struggling students over basketball
  3. Problematic and promising uses of AI in teacher evaluation
  4. Is artificial intelligence eroding our ability to think?
  5. Evolution: addressing misconceptions and scaffolding understanding
  6. Fifteen human rights in literacy classrooms
  7. Metaphors for high school
  8. Six-word epigrams for teachers
  9. Award-winning children’s fiction

Memo 1130

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  1. “Friction by design” in teacher professional development
  2. Teachers’ “time poverty” when launching new curriculum initiatives
  3. The supports needed to implement high-quality instructional materials
  4. Five things we know about how teachers are using AI
  5. A low-floor/high-ceiling activity for young students’ math reasoning
  6. Creative performance tasks to boost world language learning
  7. A tribute to Courtney Cazden

Memo 1129

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  1. Why do school leaders avoid difficult conversations?
  2. Raising boys with limits, at home and in school
  3. Injecting debate into math classes
  4. Establishing a culture of thinking in math classes and PLCs
  5. How well do elementary teachers explain students’ math work?
  6. Advice for administrators with a child in their own school
  7. “Near-peers” support high-school students applying to college
  8. An adaptable classroom desk arrangement

Memo 1128

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  1. Built to last: the characteristics of durable school success
  2. Key shifts to give low-performing students a coherent experience
  3. Teaching reading, writing, and discussion in an AI-saturated world
  4. Elena Aguilar on PD that actually helps teachers
  5. How Montessori education is sometimes misunderstood
  6. Using AI to generate decodable texts
  7. “Managing up” when your boss suffers from insecurity
  8. Four ways of thinking about philanthropic giving
  9. A tribute to psychologist Edward Deci
  10. Recommended books for young teens