Lucy Flores, a preschool teacher from California, is also teaching her father how to read and write. “I was thinking to myself, I’m able to teach these children how to read and write, why am I not ...
During a parent-teacher conference several weeks ago with Andrew's pre-kindergarten teacher, I mentioned Andrew's disinterest in learning how to write. I've been concerned that he resists writing his ...
When I started a new career as a high school English-as-a-second-language teacher in 2011, I figured I was better equipped than many teachers to help students learn to write. I had been a journalist ...
Researchers in Switzerland have designed a system where children teach robot students how to write, and in the process improve their own handwriting skills. This learning by teaching paradigm, they ...
I’ve been a teacher in the Rutgers-New Brunswick Writing Program for the past 14 years. A few weeks ago, while driving from a department meeting to teach a class, I received a text from the program ...
My daughter is onto me. As I read bedtime stories to her, sometimes I’ll stop, point to a word, and in my most convincing voice, and say, “Hmm, I don’t know this one. C-A-P? Can you help me?” The ...
Robots haven’t taken over the world just yet, but they’re certainly becoming more and more a part of our everyday lives. Just last month, Japan announced that it was building a hotel that would be ...
Editor’s Note: In 1988, a teacher most commonly had 15 years of experience. In recent years, that number is closer to just three years leading a classroom. The “On Teaching” series focuses on the ...
WEBVTT NEARLY ONE IN FIVE NEBRASKA CHILDREN LIVE IN POVERTY. AND IT OFTEN LEAVES THEM WITH ECONOMIC STRUGGLES LASTING WELL INTO ADULTHOOD. A PILOT PROGRAM IN OMAHA HOPES TO CHANGE THAT. THE STORY IS ...