Data on student academic outcomes during the pandemic show that students (and other underserved populations) suffered academic deficits in subjects such as reading and arithmetic (Bond et al., 2020). During the epidemic, many instructors battled to keep their students engaged. To be clear, this problem did not arise out of nowhere during remote education; many professors struggled to engage students …
A teacher’s responsibility goes beyond instructing core subjects. Teachers also impart lessons in socialization, and more importantly, have the opportunity to promote social acceptance in their classrooms. Social acceptance is the ability to accept or tolerate, differences and diversity in other people or groups of people. All students have different strengths, abilities, and disabilities. During my tenure as a public …
The world ended, but we’re still here. 2020 certainly felt like the end of the world as the very fabric of our lives and communities was torn apart by the coronavirus, but here we are, coming to the end of the most challenging school year of our lives. As a fragile hope begins to creep its way back into our …
A few months ago, I had the opportunity to attend an excellent keynote speech from Douglas Fisher, a professor of educational leadership at San Diego State University and big wig in literacy pedagogy. He introduced us to a fun strategy for engagement that has now become a staple of my online teaching. Even now, I’m searching for ways to incorporate …