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Why We Have Smart Tech & Shrinking Brains

Technology in our classrooms isn’t the enemy, writes Dr. Sonya Murray-Darden. Substitution is. Teachers can’t control how seductive the tools become. They can control whether the thinking still happens in the room. When students do the thinking themselves, learning accelerates.

Building a Pipeline for Middle School Leaders

Thanks to an extensive career as a teacher, principal and district leader, Jen Schwanke can testify that the vast majority of middle school educators feel deeply connected to the unique journey of adolescent learners. She believes MS principals should be drawn from that pool.

Book cover titled Intentional Moves: How Skillful Team Leaders Impact Learning by Elisa B. MacDonald, featuring multicolored curved ribbons forming arcs above a white background.

Moves to Help Team Leaders Impact Learning

In “Intentional Moves” Elisa B. MacDonald lays out ready-to-use strategies for team leaders, insightfully describing to readers how her 10 moves will play out within different team dynamics. After four years as a team leader, reviewer Katie Dunkin still keeps the book handy.

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Grammar & Reading Are One Subject, Not Two

Understanding how sentences work is a reading skill, not just a writing skill, researchers tell us. When students understand how sentences are built, they read better. So, argues Patty McGee, grammar instruction is in fact reading instruction, and we should treat it that way.