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critical thinking

3 Oct 2018

3 Common Math Practices that Need to Die (And What You Can Replace Them With)

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Tagsconnection, creativity, critical thinking, inquiry, instruction, lesson planning, math, relevance, STEM, student engagement, Terra Tarango

Our education system is full of instructional dinosaurs, activities that we do simply because they’ve always been done, for decades, and we...

26 Sep 2018

Thinking Killed the Knowing Star

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Tags21st century skills, creativity, critical thinking, Growth Mindset, innovation, perseverance, strategies, Terra Tarango

The world doesn’t care how much you know. It only cares about what you can DO with what you know, how you...

2 Feb 2018

You Are What You Teach (And You Teach What You Are)

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Tags21st century skills, authenticity, creativity, critical thinking, culture and climate, inquiry, inspiration, perseverance, Terra Tarango

Almost every teacher enters education with an idealistic mindset. We want to make a meaningful difference in the lives of young people....

11 Jul 2017

When STEM Isn’t STEM

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Tags21st century skills, creativity, critical thinking, curiosity, curriculum, instruction, lesson planning, science, Terra Tarango

Thanks to more publicity of international tests such as PISA and TIMMS, most Americans are now keenly aware that the United States’...

8 May 2017

Why Should I Learn This?

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Do you dread the questions like “Why should I learn this?” or “When will I have to use this in real life?”...

19 Jan 2017

Crazy: An Under-rated Requirement for Teaching

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Tags21st century skills, administration, authenticity, creativity, critical thinking, culture and climate, curiosity, grading, inspiration, lesson planning, student choice, student engagement, teaching profession, Terra Tarango

My daughter and I have started binge watching Bob Ross on Netflix. You remember Bob Ross, the painter in the 80’s who...

8 Dec 2016

Rethinking Think, Pair, Share

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Tagsclassroom management, critical thinking, culture and climate, instruction, strategies, student engagement, Terra Tarango

We can find evidence of many industrial-age teaching strategies in classrooms across the country, and one of the most prevalent is the...

1 Dec 2016

Kindness Matters

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Tagsauthenticity, connection, creativity, critical thinking, culture and climate, inspiration, millennials, relevance, strategies, stress, student choice, Terra Tarango

Just about a year ago I took a trip with my daughter to India. It was life-changing in so many ways, but...