Classroom Instruction

The year was 1895 when Grover Cleveland signed to make Labor Day a recognized national holiday. The late 1800’s were a time of great upheaval 
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Many teachers feel pressure to cover content and wait until after testing to introduce learning activities to spark critical thinking. Colin Seale offers 3 ideas for our #thinkLawTop3 to spice 
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Just because we know that we have to say goodbye to our legends at some point doesn’t make it any easier. So when we celebrate 
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We waste a lot of time in education. Most American students are in school between 175 and 180 days a year, or around 49% of 
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A crucial component of powerful critical thinking instruction is deep conversation. Research studies have shown that how we talk impacts our processing and retention. We 
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Many people say the commercials are the best part of the Super Bowl and they only turn in to see the craziness.  Advertisers pay top 
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Over 95% of what students learned 20 years ago in Social Studies can now be found on a smartphone within seconds. This creates a huge 
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I was in college when I got my very first cell phone. It made phone calls. That was it!  Over the past few years phones 
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Welcome to the 4th Episode #ThinkingTuesday Why don’t students think? More often then not, it’s because educators do not give them them enough WAIT TIME, 
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