On Teaching
The most experienced teachers in America’s education system reflect on their careers, their schools, and the history they’ve witnessed.
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Olivia Locher How to Teach American History in a Divided Country
Chuck Yarborough on helping kids make connections between the past and the present
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Olivia Locher What Is Good Teaching?
Over the past two years, I talked with veteran educators across the country as I tried to answer this question.
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Olivia Locher Children Are Born Scientists. What If School Encouraged That?
A unique elementary-school science lab in Michigan lets kids’ curiosity fuel their learning.
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Cassandra Klos Why a Career and Technical High School Has a Genocide-Studies Class
Justin Bilton and Jason Stark on the importance of teaching students about systemic violence
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Christian K. Lee Teaching Theater Through Four Decades of Social Change
A performing-arts magnet in Dallas was founded as a tool of desegregation. Karon Cogdill has witnessed 40-plus years of the school’s uneasy evolution.
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Olivia Locher The Art of Teaching Writing
Pirette McKamey on helping students believe that what they write really matters
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Camilo Hunica Learning From Black Educators
Renee Moore on sharing and collecting wisdom in a community of teachers
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Olivia Locher The Craft of Teaching Confidence
Judith Harper on getting students to take risks—in literature class and in life
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Olivia Locher What Makes a Good Preschool Education
Rebecca Palacios on the importance of including parents in their children’s earliest schooling
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Camilo Hunica How to Teach Drama Remotely
Bradley Friedman on the challenges facing performing-arts teachers
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Camilo Hunica How to Talk to Kids About Racism and Police
Schools do students a disservice when they fail to teach them about difficult issues.
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Camilo Hunica Celebrating Neurodiversity in the Classroom
Tracy Murray on helping kids develop emotional and social skills
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Brian Adams Education for Cultural Survival
Josephine Tatauq Bourdon on integrating Indigenous knowledge and language into Western curriculum
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Camilo Hunica Teaching Kids to Love Science
Deborah Cornelison on motivating students who don’t want a career in STEM
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Olivia Locher The Healing Power of Garden Class
Rahn Broady’s mission is to introduce New Orleans students to the magic of nature.
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Olivia Locher Teaching Black Teens to Write the Books They Read
As a high-school English teacher in Baltimore, LaQuisha Hall published more than 100 student authors.
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CAMILO HUINCA How to Show Kids the Joy of Reading
Deloris Fowler had seen educational reforms come and go. Then one of them surprised her.
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Camilo Huinca The Teaching That Works for Traumatized Students
Negative childhood experiences can have a lasting impact on a child’s ability to learn. A classroom in Oklahoma is designed to help.
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Camilo Huinca Teaching Isn’t About Managing Behavior
It’s about reaching students where they really are.
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Getty; Paul Spella / The Atlantic What Anti-racist Teachers Do Differently
They view the success of black students as central to the success of their own teaching.
