Secondary English Language Arts Resources
One of the hardest parts of teaching English in a high-poverty urban middle school is getting the lowest performing students to buy into the idea of reading. This became crystal clear during the …
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I have a student who needs a lot of hand-holding when she's doing independent assignments. She's a perfectionist who wants to get the answers right, but doesn't always trust herself to do this the …
I think the problem in our schools these days is that we've lost our autonomy, mastery and purpose motives -- and allowed the corporate profit motive to take over. Watch this video to see the latest …
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We all have one or more of these kids in our classrooms: They don't want to be in school, but they're here because they have to be. Their goal in life is to have fun -- either by playing or making …
