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Data Literacy MUST Be Taught in Public Schools
“Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write.” This statement, often...
Doug Wren
Sep 22, 2021
Is It Time for A Permanent Remote Learning Contingency?
From June through October each year, my family waits for “The Big One.” My husband is a weather buff by interest, but also part of the...
Meghan Raftery
Sep 17, 2021
K-12 Testing: To Infinity and Beyond Reason (Part Two)
Welcome back, gentle readers. In the previous installment of this two-part blog series, I described how the bipartisan No Child Left...
Doug Wren
Aug 29, 2021
K-12 Testing: To Infinity and Beyond Reason (Part One)
It’s back to school time and kids everywhere are excited about the prospect of taking lots of tests to measure their “learning loss”...
Doug Wren
Aug 27, 2021
Edjacent Shared Agreements: Claim Your Professional Purpose
The opportunity for a fresh start at the beginning of each school year: it’s one of the best things about being a student or an educator....
Meghan Raftery
Aug 24, 2021
Guest Post: The Final Chapter of One Teaching Story – Now a Sequel!
Many of us consider ourselves to be what Edjacent guest author Kellie Weisenbeck calls her blog – More Than a Teacher. Kellie is a...
Danielle Johnson
Aug 23, 2021
Ruminations on Becoming an Unwitting Algebra Teacher: Chapter One
This post is the first in a series by Edjacent Designer Laura Solomon. Laura is embarking on a self-authoring journey as a first-time...
Danielle Johnson
Aug 20, 2021
Dropping Anchor: Claiming Our Professional Purpose
Imagine it is 1999 and you and I are walking around California Polytechnic University. It is sunny out and we are in flare jeans, my...
Danielle Johnson
Aug 6, 2021
Put Some Respect on my B (not b)
As a Reading Specialist, I think a lot about grammar and syntax, tone and voice, parts of speech, and overall word choice. How and when...
Danielle Johnson
Aug 5, 2021
Educators as Artists: An Evening With Author Jennifer Abrams
When Mark and I hosted the first Edjacent meeting via Zoom in January of 2021, we had modest expectations. We hoped to get a few...
Meghan Raftery
Jul 29, 2021
Making Sense of the Science of Reading
Look! Up at the School! Is it balanced literacy? Is it Whole Language? No, it’s the Science of Reading! Whether you are a beginning...
Danielle Johnson
Jul 27, 2021
Why Gifted Programs Lack Diversity
Before taking a central office job with the DeKalb County (GA) School District, I was a classroom teacher at a magnet school for high...
Doug Wren
Jul 25, 2021
The Language of the Self-Authoring Educator
The words we use matter. They affirm or tear down. They empower or weaken. We spend a lot of time talking about words at Edjacent. Here...
Meghan Raftery
Jul 24, 2021
Spoon Theory for Teachers
Note from Edjacent: This post was written in January of 2021 by a teacher who later left public education for her dream job working with...
Meghan Raftery
Jan 6, 2021
On the Matter of What Matters in Public Education
My original plan for this post was to focus exclusively on how teachers can assess deeper learning. But that changed. Before writing a...
Doug Wren
Nov 19, 2020
Lofty Suggestions From the Other Side of the Screen
I am not generally a complainer. If I see a problem, I immediately want to solve it or find a better way. Remote learning has been taxing...
Meghan Raftery
Sep 23, 2020
Lessons From the Other Side of the Screen
After just over a month of online coaching and two weeks of monitoring my own sons’ remote learning, I feel like most parents and...
Meghan Raftery
Sep 19, 2020
What to Expect When You Have a Middle Schooler
Edjacent note: This post was written by a guest author who teaches sixth grade in a school that includes both elementary and middle...
Meghan Raftery
Sep 13, 2020
Learning From Home
As in many places, our local schools have just announced they will be opening with remote learning before (hopefully) transitioning to...
Meghan Raftery
Jul 29, 2020
Part 2: Taekwondo as Lesson Study
ICYMI: The original post, Part 1: Taekwondo as Lesson Study can be found here: https://edjacent.org/part-1-taekwondo-as-lesson-study/ You...
Meghan Raftery
Jun 23, 2020
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