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How to Assess Digital Literacy for Students (and Educators!)
For years, educators have been buzzing about the importance of “digital literacy.” But what do those words really mean? According to the American Library Association, digital literacy is “the ability...
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Community Partnerships Critical to Strong Public Schools
(Photo by Ron Adar / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images) Always looking for lessons – the teachable moments – is part of what makes an educator tick. The COVID-19 pandemic and the national...
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Classrooms Need the Three R’s of Social Emotional Learning Right Now
Reconnect. Recover. Reimagine. That’s what we need to do in our classrooms around the country as we re-engage in learning and ready ourselves to support all students this year. Social emotional...
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Faculty and Staff Raise the Alarm Over Reopening College Campuses
With college students poised to return to campuses this month, faculty and staff across the U.S. are pleading with campus administrators and state lawmakers to end the “magical thinking,” and return to...
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NEA Analyzes Alternative Routes to Certification
Most states offer alternative routes to teacher certification other than traditional four year colleges and universities as a way to fill teacher shortages and diversify the workforce, among other...
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Welcome to the Education Profession, Class of 2020!
The NEA Aspiring Educators program and its leaders recently held a Zoom celebration to honor and welcome college graduates who are entering the education profession, and it was a star-studded event,...
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How Teachers Are Integrating COVID-19 Crisis Into Their Lessons
The coronavirus as a teachable moment? Yes, indeed. Many NEA members are integrating the pandemic into their lesson plans—using students’ natural curiosity about what’s happening in the world around...
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Social-Emotional Learning Should Be Priority During COVID-19 Crisis
In Wendy Turner’s class, social and emotional learning (SEL) comes first. “SEL is the foundation, the heartbeat of the classroom,” she says. “It’s about connecting everybody and making them feel safe...
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So, You Have to Move Your Classes Online. Now What?
“Cynthia, I can’t run my toaster oven. How am I going to run an online class? I don’t want to be an online professor. You have to help me.” Teaching in the time of COVID-19, many of my faculty...
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Project-Based Learning Helps Students Become Activist Citizens of the World
I have a confession to make. I’m a little selfish. I think I’m selfish because I wouldn’t want to do this very difficult and demanding job if I didn’t feel great about what I was doing with students...
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Welcome to WellVille: ‘Educators Can’t Forget to Take Care of Themselves’
Rich Glasheen, a math teacher at Ward Melville High School on Long Island, New York, usually spends around 10 to 15 minutes, sitting in the zero-gravity chair, maybe drinking a cup of tea and reading...
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Students Still Can’t Tell Fact from Fiction on the Internet
Critical thinking skills have always been high on most educators’ wish-list for their students. The onslaught of disinformation across the Internet, however, has only heightened the sense of urgency....
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Three Classroom Apps to Prioritize Your Day
Let’s face it. As teachers, we juggle an exhausting schedule of parent conferences, administrative tasks, and specialized student needs. We take work home evenings and weekends and are often forced to...
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A High School Teacher Scrapped Homework. Here’s What Happened Next.
Regardless of where you stand on the issue, there’s no doubt that the anti-homework movement has been picking up steam. Homework is still a staple in most classrooms, but even teachers who believe it...
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Educator Podcasters Share Expertise and Advice
Kim Lepre is a veteran teacher who understands there is much to learn during your first years in a classroom. With her vast experience as an educator, she found herself taking new teachers under her...
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The ‘Greta Effect’ On Student Activism and Climate Change
Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg (M) takes her School Strike for Climate Action demonstration to the White House on September 13, 2019. Photo by: Lena Klimkeit/picture-alliance/dpa/AP...
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Making Movement a Part of Your Classroom Culture
Physical Education (PE) isn’t the only class that should emphasize movement! Whatever the grade or subject area, every teacher can effectively incorporate movement into the school day. Most students...
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3 Teachers Tell How They Took On the Civics Gap
Sherri Moss (back row, far right) celebrates civic learning with her 5th graders and Justice Teaching volunteer Bruce Blitman (far left). (Photo courtesy of Sherrie Moss) Florida teacher Sherri Moss...
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Five Things You’ll Hear More About in the 2019-20 School Year
As the new school year gets underway, it’s time for educators to unpack their favorite lessons and most comfortable shoes. For experienced teachers, the school year ahead will be familiar territory....
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