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Franklin teacher wins $10,000 on Netflix show
A local elementary school art teacher is $10,000 richer after winning a competition on a Netflix show.
Why the idea of a Netflix for e-books makes sense
Amazon is allegedly planning to launch a Netflix-style subscription service for books. While this idea is bound to get some criticism from book lover...
How Netflix Taps Into Font Psychology to Tell a Story and Find Its Audience
The streaming giant’s attention to detail goes far beyond the shows themselves.
Go Shopping And We’ll Tell You Which Netflix Series You Should Watch Next
Why You Should Start Binge-Reading Right Now
Ditch Netflix for a novel. And not just because a novelist is telling you to.
A New Netflix Documentary About Tony Robbins Omits What We Want Most
Don’t expect to learn much more than that he likes dropping F-bombs.
Why I Avoid the ‘Teachers’ Lounge’ and You Should, Too
The teachers' lounge isn't a place at all but a mentality that can creep up on educators unexpectedly and create a toxic school climate, writes Lauren Powell.
Hey, kids: Please start paying for your own Netflix accounts
Netflix, Penguin Collaborate on Stranger Things Books to be Released This Fall
The High School English Teacher Who Changed My Life
Flannery O’Connor once mocked how literature was taught in high schools: “When I went to school I observed a number of ways in which the industrious teacher of English could ignore the nature of li…
3 Reasons Why Your Observations May Be a Waste of Time
Teacher observations should be one of the most important jobs completed between a leader and teacher, but there are 3 reasons why they are typically a waste of time.
Ask, Listen, Do: How to Find Out What Kids Need From School
How can teachers make their classrooms truly child-centered? Justin Minkel shares some strategies on how to figure out students’ individual needs—starting with asking them.
A virtual tour of blended-learning schools, so others can see how it’s done
When teachers want to try something new in the classroom, it helps if they can see what it looks like in action. They could ask another teacher down the hall. Or they might try to talk to other teachers on social media, perhaps in an education technology Twitter chat. But too often, these aspiring innovators …
How to Connect With Other Teachers in the Social Age
With new media, shifting standards, and evolving pedagogies, teachers need a community to find and give support. They need to be able to exchange ideas.
How Teachers Are Turning to Social Media to Extend Learning
Teachers are expanding the school day and enhancing learning through social media.
Teachers tap into brain science to boost learning
Research on the brain and how we think and act is influencing the way some teachers teach. Special correspondent John Tulenko of Learning Matters goes into a classroom where the instructor uses different methods to engage different parts of the students’ brains, then checks with a neuroscientist about whether that strategy actually works.
3 Things You Can Do This Summer to Be a Better Teacher in the Fall
The journey of becoming a better version of your teacher self is all about finding balance, joy, and opportunities to learn and collaborate, says special education teacher Elizabeth Stein.
Personalized Learning: More Teacher, Less Algorithm?
Many in the ed-tech sector believe algorithms are key to customizing education, but the most compelling examples of personalized learning are driven by teacher-student relationships.
New Studies Find That, for Teachers, Experience Really Does Matter
New research challenges the belief that teachers plateau early in their careers, suggesting instead their effectiveness grows over the first decade in the classroom and beyond.
Teachers Don't Want More Data, They Want Better Data, Gates Survey Finds
A new survey by the Gates Foundation finds that nearly all teachers regularly use digital tools like digital gradebooks, but are unhappy with the data or the tools they have access to.
5 ways teachers can improve student learning based on current brain research
Educators can positively influence students’ learning by understanding how the brain is shaped by their early experiences—and how it can be rewired and reorganized to work more quickly and efficien…
