MindShift

07/24/2025

Pennsylvania has embarked on a bipartisan effort to provide guidelines and standards for civics instruction, which is now left up to individual districts.

They know they are supposed to vote, “but they don’t all believe that voting is important.” Just over half of 18-year-olds in PA and Philadelphia are registered to vote. City and state initiatives to update civics instruction aim to engage, educate, and empower future voters, helping them unde...

07/24/2025

The book "Welcome to Teaching!" emphasizes the most important aspects of teaching: creating the climate for learning, planning for learning, engagement in learning, and assessment of learning.

Welcome to Teaching! by Fisher and Frey does not just tell you how to teach. It shows you! It includes QR codes to extend learning beyond the pages of the text.

07/24/2025

"When teachers focus on their purpose and practice, they can develop and bolster habits that support their success as educators."

When teachers focus on their purpose and practice, they can develop and bolster habits that support their success as educators.

07/24/2025

"Adults often misunderstand the challenges and benefits of kids’ digital lives. They may view tech negatively, when in reality, kids’ relationship to their devices are nuanced."

Adults can help teens develop healthier relationships with technology by focusing on values, habits and emotional awareness.

07/24/2025

Learning how to repair something they use every day with their own hands piqued students’ interest.

Ossining’s Genius Bar is revolutionizing tech education by empowering students to lead, learn, and innovate in the digital age.

07/23/2025

The poorest 25 percent of schools had vastly different course offerings and teachers than the wealthiest 25 percent.

Surveys find access to algebra is only one problem in schools where teaching quality is ‘less optimal’.

07/23/2025

The four-part, Quickwrite protocol is designed to train students' brains to become proficient readers.

Ron Klemp uses a four-step quickwrite protocol to help struggling readers navigate their way through challenging texts, boosting engagement and understanding.

07/23/2025

New technology and old-fashioned imagination bring plenty of new ways to enjoy summer reading from home.

Explore fresh ways that kids (no matter their age or reading level!) and grown-ups can read together this summer.

07/23/2025

A free, AI-powered tool that can help any teacher create a comprehensive, easy-to-implement substitute plan in minutes and can help any student create a self-directed lesson to catch up on content they have missed.

Guest blog by Robert Barnett, co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of the Modern Classrooms Project Is there anything more annoying for a teacher than missing school? It seems like a funny question: taking a day off school can be a nice break for students and teachers alike. But when teachers mis...

07/23/2025

When middle and high school students take ownership of tasks in their classroom regularly, they build a culture of teamwork and support.

07/23/2025

Reports in 2024 indicated that tutoring helped kids catch up academically after the pandemic. But recent research suggests that prediction may have been overly optimistic.

A study of D.C. students shows a smaller impact than originally reported for those who received tutoring.

07/23/2025

Now, with AI tools and rampant cheating, the protection of academic and intellectual integrity are being propped up by pen and paper.

As so much test-taking has migrated online, some professors are rediscovering blue book exams as a way to truly test a student's knowledge.