Gail DeCecco

We Know How to Teach Kids to Read nytimes.com/2021/09/03/opi…

Introducing the HyperRubric: <br />A Tool that Takes Learning to the Next Level cultofpedagogy.com/hyperrubric/ via @cultofpedagogy

This Is Our Chance to Pull Teenagers Out of the Smartphone Trap nytimes.com/2021/07/31/opi…

How to Help a Teen Out of a Homework Hole nytimes.com/2021/02/26/wel…

Using Student-Generated Questions to Promote Deeper Thinking edutopia.org/article/using-…

"Instead of being an assessment constable, concerned with the sanctity of the assessment process, teachers can become learning facilitators, focused on helping students master important learning goals." blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding… via @educationweek

Educators: Let's Use COVID as a Time to Deal With Our Own Mental Health blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding… via @educationweek

We need to examine how we approached grading during the shutdown. If we have to do this again in the fall, we must do better. The Year of the Easy B: How lowering grading standards may punish students washingtonpost.com/local/educatio…

AP exams this year: 45 minutes, online, and focused on early-year content chalkbeat.org/posts/us/2020/…

Another Jeffrey Hernandez? Today’s letters about the Hillsborough superintendent search tampabay.com/news/gradebook…

I'm worried for young people living in this culture. It reminds me of 1984, unperson. Ironically, "cancelers" seem to think they have the high ground. Read Tales From the Teenage Cancel Culture nyti.ms/2q8dvo2

@opensyllabus How did I miss this? OpenSyllabusProject is a fantastic resource for vertically aligning high school curriculum.

Show your students this 60 second clip and then give it a try. 60-Second Strategy: Appreciation, Apology, Aha! youtu.be/qIel4r3uK9k via @YouTube

Looking at brain science to inform cell phone policies? Watch this. There's a Cell Phone in Your Student's Head youtu.be/F3jQbyiov-k via @YouTube

States Have Tried to Ban Cellphones in Schools. It Hasn&apos;t Gone Well. - Digital Education disq.us/t/3i5msus

What Do Teachers Know About the Science of Learning? Not Much, Survey Says - Teaching Now disq.us/t/3i08p1n

State legislatures lack the resolve to ban cell phones in schools, preferring to leave tough decisions at the schoolhouse door. How do schools create and enforce policies legislators fear signing?

One Key to Reducing School Suspension: A Little Respect disq.us/t/2p3jgni

To Understand Your Students, Use 'Compassionate Curiosity' disq.us/t/33yu7qy