Challenging high school students to show their learning through a product of their own design brings out their creativity. Assessing Learning Without a Test / edutopia ow.ly/2BNc30maryY

How collaborating on a shared vertical space increases intellectual risk-taking and decreases self-consciousness.

. edutopia does it again! A great article about Math Anxiety. My fav. take away: T’s should praise S’s for strategies not speed/answers.

“To be alive is to be vulnerable; to be a leader is to be vulnerable every minute of the day. You don’t get to opt out.” -Brené Brown

How Students Critiquing One Another's Work Raises The Quality Bar kqed.org/mindshift/4719…

Watch Paris to Pittsburgh tonight to learn about the Americans fighting climate change.

"One meta-analysis of six studies found that a child’s executive functioning skills in kindergarten predicted reading and math achievement into middle school and beyond." (via MindShift) bit.ly/2UDLCyT

Here's one way to help kids self-regulate during the school day. #HowLearningHappens

HOMEWORK: too much? not enough? needed for cementing learning? is it mostly busywork? needed for rigor? is it eating into family time? preparing students for college? adding unnecessary stress on students? Here is a useful blogpost exploring the issue! learningpersonalized.com/the-tug-of-war…

Check out this report from the Education Trust: Motivation and Engagement in Student Assignments: The Role of Choice and Relevancy s3-us-east-2.amazonaws.com/edtrustmain/wp… and a cautionary note about student choice from Robert Pondiscio: educationnext.org/closer-look-im…

HERO Nathan Phillips Omaha Elder Vietnam Veteran Former director of the Native Youth Alliance Keeper of a sacred pipe Honoring Native American Veterans at Arlington National Cemetery Water Protector at Standing Rock ND KNOW HIM RETWEET THIS!

It's more important than ever to teach our kids empathy and compassion. Here are some of our favorite children's books that teach kids to be kind. amightygirl.com/blog?p=19359

"Do now sheets" helps this teacher check in with her students every day—guaranteed.

Migrant children at least two U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities face conditions one doctor described as comparable to "torture facilities." abcn.ws/2N8K3cF

This elderly man is Alan Dornan from Somerville, Massachusetts walks miles every single day with a sign that says "I walk for dreamers and all immigrants. He was just taken into custody by homeland security officers for civil disobedience. KNOW HIS NAME RETWEET THIS

What do experienced teachers say about providing useful, high-quality feedback—while striking a healthy balance between work and life? Here are 6 smart tactics from a piece I edited for edutopia.

Armed men storming a legislature to disrupt its democratic proceedings is domestic terrorism. It cannot be tolerated. newsweek.com/michigan-close…

People need to watch this video.