When Myriam Ortega wants to get her students' attention, she doesn't simply ask them to be quiet. She stands in front of her class and says "mira" and "escucha" while pointing to her eyes and ears.

Hispania, Vol. 91, No. 1, Spanish Language Teaching and Learning: Policy, Practice and Performance (Mar., 2008), pp. 73-92 (20 pages) In recent years, much research has shown that technology is not ...

Ernest R. Geddes Elementary School is a noisy place. Students in older grades spend large amounts of class time talking and arguing with one another in small groups. One third-grade teacher, Pamela ...

In the classroom, the start to a unit about ecosystems could begin with analysis of owl pellets or an animal skull, giving students an opportunity to examine something real to help formulate questions ...

A multicultural society is best served by a culturally responsive curriculum. Schools that acknowledge the diversity of their student population understand the importance of promoting cultural ...

This is the latest post in a monthslong series on how we can lift up student identities in the classroom. Jessica Wood is the director of experiential marketing for EL Education with 25 years of ...

In the current issue of Academe, Julie J. Kilmer describes the “feminist classroom” as one in which students “feel free to express how they feel and should gain trust and respect from others for doing ...