BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – Community leaders and activists held a press conference regarding a TikTok video that shows a teacher at Cane Bay High School using the N-word during a classroom ...
At some point in their career, every teacher will find themselves having a difficult discussion with their students. My first took place not long after I began teaching. It involved one of my students ...
This seems to be the common rule in most classrooms. It is easily explained in a lecture setting. Indeed, everyone must be focused on what the professor is saying. A discussion would only create a ...
Provide (verbally and on the syllabus) clear guidelines for participation. Discuss them beforehand, stick to them, and enforce them during class. Think about what active participation means to you and ...
When Shira Hoffer arrived at Harvard in 2021, she was full of hope, not just about academics or independence, but about connection. As a graduate of a pluralistic Jewish day school, she had grown up ...
A student walks through campus at Angelo State University on Sept. 24 in San Angelo. (Eli Hartman For The Texas Tribune, Eli Hartman For The Texas Tribune) Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s ...
The Nampa School District in Idaho will move forward without gender identity and sexual orientation discussions in the classroom after a vote was held to adopt a policy limiting such topics. The ...
Your selections reflect how you navigate classroom discussions. As you scroll through the page, consider how these strategies can complement your teaching preferences. Classrooms are spaces where ...
When I first started teaching, my attitude toward students who remained silent in discussion classes could be summed up with the words of Bernard Hopkins, the fistic sage of Philadelphia: “Bernard ...