Technology can help improve reading fluency among students, asserts Madison Stokes, a second-grade teacher. In this blog post, Stokes shares five recommended digital tools, including the virtual library tool Epic Online, the online recording tool FlipGrid and Storyline Online, which features celebrities reading aloud.
A new study of YouScience aptitude assessments completed by 116,372 female high school juniors and seniors across the nation shows that female students had 10 times more aptitude than interest in careers in architecture and engineering, and nearly four times more aptitude than interest for careers in computers and mathematics.
Adults and children fleeing the Russian aggression in Ukraine are likely to come to the US, writes Dina Strasser, who teaches middle- and high-school multilanguage learners. Strasser shares several resources teachers can use to help set up students for success and help them "bloom."
During the early days of the coronavirus pandemic about 9 out of 10 students worldwide were not in the classroom, according to UNESCO. This article examines some early predictions about the effect of the pandemic on teaching and learning and whether they came to fruition two years later.
With more students relying on technology tools than ever before, educators face the increasingly important challenge of helping them identify what’s fact-based and credible, and what’s not.