Quality Education

What Teachers Can Do to Reduce the Stigma of Special Education

When you hear the term, “special education,” what assumptions come to mind?  Different? Unusual? Difficult? Students in special education may hear these words on a...

What Schools Can Learn from a Summer Swim Test

I’ve been thinking about that little tableau more than I’d expected over the last few weeks. After all, it would’ve been a whole...

In a System That Wasn’t Built for Me, My Students Help Me Stay

Academia is a high-stress, high-surveillance environment. Faculty are asked to do more with less: more students, more reporting, more unpaid labor — and...

Bilingual Literacy Strategies for Middle Level Science Labs

By Enrique Santana Carballo, M.Ed. When I started teaching 8th grade science in...

A Reflective Rant of Gratitude for Empower, the Professional Learning Platform That Gets It

Let’s set the scene. It’s 2009. I’m a bright-eyed educator with big ideas, a rolling cart of chart paper, and an inbox full...

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