How School Can Make Students (and Teachers) Feel Dumb (Opinion)

I was projecting a document onto the whiteboard when a student in the back of the class leaned over to her friend, whispered something, and they both …
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During the summer, I am sharing thematic posts bringing together responses on similar topics from the past 11 years. You can see all those collections …
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When It Comes to the Teacher Shortage, Who's Abandoning Whom? (Opinion)
Teacher resignations are common knowledge these days. It’s like COVID itself. Nearly everyone personally knows a teacher or knows of teachers who …
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'The teacher has to catalog every single book': Teacher says students can't read any of her books until they're screened for 'age appropriateness'
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The 'illusion of knowledge' that makes people overconfident
It’s easy to think you’re a font of knowledge. And while you may have plenty of skills and expertise, it’s quite likely you know less than you think. If you consider yourself reasonably intelligent and educated, you might assume that you have a fair grasp on the core ways the world works – knowledge …