St. Patrick’s Day is a fun, mid-March holiday that inspires learning about folktales and history, writing stories about magical creatures or lucky finds,…
For years, school community life has been spoken about in almost sentimental terms – the sausage sizzle, the fete, the canteen roster –…
By Feon Chau I am an international educator currently based in Taiwan, but I’ve had many roles in the education space throughout the…
Help students build confidence with poetry using this free diamante poem bundle. These printables walk students through the seven-line structure of a diamante…
From Compliance to Companion: How One District Built an AI Culture That Puts Students First – YouTube Watch On You can watch this…
In today’s classrooms, students have immediate access to apps and on-demand information – but does access to tools equal understanding? Many teachers wouldn’t…
It’s Sunday night. You’re prepping for three different courses tomorrow, you have 50 discussion posts waiting for feedback, and you just remembered you need to send that…
A moderated dialogue on multilingual literacy, language development, and the science of reading AbstractAs states and districts increasingly adopt policies aligned with the…
If you haven’t already had a late February break from the classroom, then you’re probably chomping at the bit to relish in the…
Students spend a lot of time on informative, or informational, writing (also called expository writing), especially as they get older. Research papers, biographies,…
Welcome to the January 2026 Edtech Show & Tell, in which our editors share some of the new edtech products that have caught…
It could be argued that the internet is the best possible medium for dictionaries. For one thing, there’s unlimited space for definitions, idioms,…
Gorka Bilbao Terreros argues that we need to look beyond the practical, career-focused benefits of world language education and stress the personal and…
This article was updated December 2025. Game-based learning turns potentially tedious study time into an adventurous knowledge quest, complete with catchy soundtracks and…
As educators, we frequently encounter challenging situations, often involving aggressive or defensive responses that feel like a verbal assault. I learned this firsthand…
Recommendations include using the US–Taiwan Education Initiative as a primary model for expanding Mandarin teaching Students love Taiwan’s Fengjia night market. A bipartisan…
Baseball, the all American sport, is also great for thinking about the multiple meanings of words and playing around with language. These baseball…
Teacher burnout isn’t just common—it’s nearly universal. In a 2025 We Are Teachers survey of more than 2,400 teachers, 91.95% said they’ve experienced…
This was a big year for AI and teaching, probably the biggest since ChatGPT launched at the end of November 2022. Just about…