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How can we address racial disparities in science and medicine?
Dr. Chloe Poston Healthcare AdministrationSTEM — the acronym used to describe science, technology, engineering and math — is used by policymakers, universities and private foundations to allocate funding to support the sciences. If we consider medicine to fall under "science" in the STEM categories, then why aren't the racial disparities in medical school enrollment and completion a part of the regular STEM discussion?
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Academic conversation develops deep comprehension: Getting started
David Irwin EducationAcademic conversation is a strategy that increases student engagement and comprehension in content topics. It is ideal for English learners because it gives them a safe environment to practice academic English with a peer who has more mastery.
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BYOD: A growing trend in the classroom
Bambi Majumdar EducationThe concept of "bring your own device," or BYOD, started in the corporate sector about 10 years ago. Companies started noticing the trend of employees preferring to use their own laptops and phones for work purposes. Like all good ideas, it did not take long for the BYOD trend to move on and filter into other areas like education.
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The importance of guided practice in the classroom
Erick Herrmann EducationThere is an old saying we are all familiar with: Practice makes perfect. In the classroom, students must practice the skills we are teaching for it to become internalized. It is important for us as educators, then, to not only provide opportunities for students to practice, but to practice correctly.
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Flipped classrooms: A technology-driven teaching method
Bambi Majumdar EducationFlipped classrooms promise a more innovative and interesting mode of learning and teaching. Perhaps no other emerging technology has created such a stir in the education world as this one, leading to heated debates, a spate of analysis and studies, parent-teacher meetings and more administrative and expert involvement than ever before.
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ESL teacher electracy: A shift from flat to digital teaching and learning
Beth Crumpler EducationTeaching and learning have changed in the 21st century. With new technology adoptions and their ever-growing and ever-changing landscape, ESL teachers need to be prepared for these teaching and learning environments. Teachers need to transition from flat teaching and learning environments to digital teaching and learning, which provide a necessary skill set development by ESL teachers in electracy.
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Grouping students: Heterogeneous, homogeneous and random structures
Erick Herrmann EducationWhat is the typical classroom seating arrangement? Are students seated in neat rows, in a U shape, in small groups of 4 or 5, at tables or at desks? Teachers have long recognized the power of grouping students together for a variety of reasons: to collaborate with each other on a project, for cooperative learning opportunities, to work with a small group of students on a particular skill and more. But how do teachers decide how to group students together, and when is a particular grouping structure best given the learning or task at hand?
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10 years of change: Public-private initiative for Texas education
Bambi Majumdar EducationRecent times have seen Texas shine bright in a few key areas – a more stable economy compared to other states, state tax policies aiding in growth of business and the mastery of project-based learning (PBL) while other areas are just warming up to the concept. The state has now gone a step further to set up the public-private initiative of Communities Foundation of Texas, which is better known as "Educate Texas."
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Changing school culture 1 step at a time
Steve Wehrle EducationOften physical education teachers feel there is a great number of difficulties and obstacles that can get in the way of creating a quality physical education program. These obstacles include physical education time being cut for standardized test subjects, overcrowding of classrooms, and sometimes even the general impression that physical education is not valued. This culture is present in many schools across the country, but it doesn’t mean that it cannot change — one small step at a time.
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ELL reading development: Modified guided reading, interventions, support
Beth Crumpler EducationGuided reading is an instructional method that allows students to learn how to read and comprehend text. As students progress in their reading abilities and understanding, the difficulty of the text is increased. Teachers determine student reading levels by administering benchmark assessments, or developmental reading assessments (DRAs).
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