There are few phrases that send a cold chill down the spines of teachers everywhere the way that “professional development” does. Mix together some boring slideshows being read aloud, a few awkward icebreaker games, and at least one irrelevant guest speaker, and you’ve got yourself a recipe for disaster. The recipe [...]
Dallas Independent School District is located in northern Texas and serves a population of roughly 6.5 million people. They are the second-largest public school district in the state of Texas and is the 14th-largest district in the United States. Dallas ISD serves approximately 154,000 students in 230 schools and employs 22,000 faculty and staff [...]
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Effective educators understand the importance, and the challenge, of engaging their students in active learning. Several studies have found evidence of a positive correlation between student engagement and academic achievement. Historically, media such as television, music, and movies have often been viewed as distracting competitors in the business of engaging young people in education. In [...]
