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What Does it Mean to be a Teacher Educator in Today’s Rapidly Changing World?

By Natalie Pemberton posted 3 hours ago
by Adrian D. Martin, Ph.D. Dr. Martin wrote the article “ Teacher Educator Identity as a Relational Ontology: An Inquiry of the Entangled Self ” in the latest quarterly issue of The Educational Forum. The article ...

Real World Impact: Lessons Learned Through Studying an Early Warning Dropout Prevention Program in Washington State High Schools

By Natalie Pemberton posted 5 days ago
by Dr. David Knight and Dr. Julia Duncheon What is the role of university researchers in improving public education systems? As members of an applied field, effective education scholars explore beyond their labs and university ...

In Pursuit of Equity for Multilingual Students in Mathematics: What Do Teachers Need Support In?

By Michelle Melani posted 20 days ago
In Pursuit of Equity for Multilingual Students in Mathemetics: What Do Teachers Need Support In? by Am elia Q. Rivera and Samantha A. Marshall As school bells ring ...

Smart Is a Costume That Not Everyone Is Allowed to Wear

By Julia Lewis posted 02-01-2024
Smart Is a Costume That Not Everyone Is Allowed to Wear: A dis/abled educator’s reflections on how whiteness and ableism shape our expectations by Autumn Wilke How do you ...

Implementation of Social Inclusion to Support Refugee Students’ Well-Being in Victoria, Australia: A Study of School Reports and Policies

By Julia Lewis posted 01-04-2024
Implementation of Social Inclusion to Support Refugee Students’ Well-Being in Victoria, Australia: A Study of School Reports and Policies by Huu Loc Nguyen and Ahmed Bawa Kuyini Refugees leave their home countries ...

Social Justice Leadership: The Backbone in Inquiry-Based and Transformative Education

By Julia Lewis posted 12-21-2023
Social Justice Leadership: The Backbone in Inquiry-Based and Transformative Education by Lucijan Jović As Nelson Mandella once said, “education is the most powerful weapon with which ...

Bouncing Forward in Tough Times: Strategies of Resilient Teachers During the Pandemic

By Phil Kitchel posted 11-09-2023
By Sharon McDonough and Narelle Lemon Dr. McDonough is a researcher in teacher education with advanced disciplinary knowledge of sociocultural theories of teacher emotion, resilience, and wellbeing. Sharon brings ...

The Teacher Advocate Convo Special

By Phil Kitchel posted 10-31-2023
KDP Convo 2023 starts Thursday! If you’re joining us in St. Louis this week, we can’t wait to see you, but even if you can’t be there, you can still review our list of great Speakers , follow along on the Schedule of Events ...

Words, Comments, and Perceptions Matter: Teachers’ Reactions to Misaligned Portrayals in the Media and Public

By Phil Kitchel posted 10-02-2023
By Erin Nerlino Erin wrote the article “From Heroes to Scapegoats: Teacher Perceptions of the Media and Public’s Portrayal of Teachers during COVID-10” in the latest quarterly issue of The Educational Forum. The article ...

7 Tips (and Lots of Links) for Organizing Your Classroom and Staying Sane

By Phil Kitchel posted 09-12-2023
By Joyce Wilson Teaching is a challenging profession, especially if you’re a new teacher. Fortunately, you can implement strategies to stay organized, focused, and effective in your teaching career. I’m going to share ...

The Teacher Advocate Back-to-School Special

By Phil Kitchel posted 09-05-2023
The Teacher Advocate has more than 100 searchable articles on everyday topics that will always be relevant to new and returning teachers. Here are some examples of our best to give you a hand, whether you’re new to the ...

Summer Memoir: Teaching “As It Is and How [We Think] It Ought to Be”

By Phil Kitchel posted 09-04-2023
By Carl Grant and Alexandra Allweisss In our article, “ 'Going for Broke': Working with Teacher Candidates to Bring about Intersectional Socially Just Teaching,” in the current issue of The Educational Forum (available ...

Why Do We Need Hip-Hop Pedagogy in Teacher Education Now?

By Phil Kitchel posted 08-07-2023
By Lin Wu The author wrote the article “Enacting Hip-Hop Pedagogy for Joy and Justice” in Volume 87, Issue 3 of KDP’s The Educational Forum . It is available free in the month of August. Six years after President ...

The Resistances Possible When School Subject Areas Talk to Each Other

By Phil Kitchel posted 07-20-2023
By Kyle L. Chong and Sheila M. Orr The authors collaborated on the article “Toward an Antiracist Pedagogy of Humanizing Co-creatorship in Teacher Education,” in Volume 87, Issue 3, of KDP’s The Educational Forum . It ...

Secondary Teachers, Your Students Can Do It!

By Phil Kitchel posted 07-18-2023
By Susanne Dunn When you walk around an elementary school, you regularly see students practicing lining up properly, transitioning from rug time to desk time, responding to questions, and moving through classroom stations. ...

Building Persistence Through Struggle

By Phil Kitchel posted 06-12-2023
By Zareen Gul Aga (Rahman) The author wrote “Pre-service Mathematics Teachers’ Experience with Productive Struggle,” which is published in Volume 87, Issue 2 of the KDP Forum. It is available free in the month of June. ...

Stand Out as a Leader, Even If You Don’t Think You Are One—Yet!

By Phil Kitchel posted 06-06-2023
By Jacek Polubiec Most of us agree that the idea that leaders just lead, teachers just teach, and students just learn is a thing of the past. Innovative schools have been blurring these traditional boundaries for years, ...

Turning Chaos into Opportunity

By Phil Kitchel posted 06-05-2023
By Michael G. Ryan Michael Ryan and co-authors Megan Cziraky , Kristen Kain , Helena McKendrick , and Meredith Miller published the article “ Learning, Growing, Embracing, Transitioning, and Changing: Exploring ...

3 Keys to Safe and Connected Classrooms

By Phil Kitchel posted 05-23-2023
By Kyle W. Lickel “Explosions.” That’s what popped in my head as I pondered the question: “What is going to get students to actually want to attend class and be engaged?” If I could put together an entire ...

Great Classroom Management + High Teacher Confidence = An Effective New Teacher

By Phil Kitchel posted 05-02-2023
By Grace Kibe Novice teachers aspire to have a great classroom, with students who are well behaved and academically successful. They strive to practice student-centered and culturally responsive ...