The first time I read about AI, I was amazed. I showed ChatGPT to many of my fellow teachers and asked them to enter their favorite essay prompts. While it did not live up to our school's writing ...

Even though ChatGPT brings with it a host of potential problems, most of us in schools are beginning to accept that artificial intelligence tools are coming, and we are weighing the best ways to ...

I’m not the first to say this, but it’s a strange and heartbreaking time to be a teacher and parent of young children. As a recent transplant to New Mexico, I admire the ways the state invests in ...

Anne Paonessa is the author of Essential Connection Skills (Corwin, 2025) and founder of ConnectED Classrooms: Picture this: A student sits at their desk, staring at a math problem that seems ...

Jessica Lifshitz noticed a shift in the writing stamina of her fifth graders in recent years. Students weren’t connecting to text-heavy personal narratives in the way that they used to. She couldn’t ...

My students’ easy access to chatbots forced me to make humanities instruction even more human. Credit...Animation By Sean Dong Supported by By Carlo Rotella Carlo Rotella is the author of “What Can I ...

When the semester begins, my classroom fills with anticipation and nerves—mine included. Every term offers a chance to start fresh, build habits, and forge relationships that will carry us through.

Maya has one fear at school: the lunchroom. It didn’t take long for Maya, who is one of a handful of Indian students in our school, to notice strange looks from nearby students when she would open her ...

A t first, it seemed like routine academic misconduct.

Recently, this BuzzFeed article sharing firsthand stories from teachers got a fair bit of attention. Teachers from kindergarten to college detailed their experiences and frustrations teaching kids who ...