What literature belongs in today's classroom? 5 L.A. high school teachers weigh in

F. Scott Fitzgerald, Octavia E. Butler, Homer: Los Angeles teachers share what they are teaching in today's high school ...
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To Effectively Support English Learners, Build Teachers’ Skills, Experts Say

Back in her early days of teaching, Rebecca Bergey thought it was her job as a teacher of English learners to prepare her students with enough language to survive in content area classes. But as ...

A Teacher Says a Student Corrected Her Grammar in Front of the Class and She Gave Him a Detention, and Now She Can’t Stop Thinking About Whether She Was Wrong

She expected students to ask questions, challenge ideas, and stay engaged with the lesson, but she also believed there was a proper way to do it. One unexpected exchange during a grammar lesson ...
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How English Class Improves Students’ Social-Emotional Skills

Asking students to dissect the motivations of a character in a book is doing more than teaching them about plot and characterization. This exercise also helps students learn to see different ...