During the summer, I am sharing thematic posts bringing together responses on similar topics from the past 11 years. You can see all those collections from the first 10 years here.
Today鈥檚 theme is Mistakes in Education.
You can see the list following this excerpt from one of the posts:
1. The Pandemic鈥檚 Glaring Lessons for District Leaders
A lack of transparent decisionmaking and clinging to concepts like 鈥渟eat hours鈥� are among mistakes districts have made during the pandemic. Read more.
2. 7 Mistakes Districts Have Made During the Pandemic
Arrogance and looking at students through the lens of deficits, instead of assets, are among the blunders. Read more.
3. 12 Common Mistakes Made by Teachers of English-Language Learners
Don鈥檛 assume students who are paying attention understand what鈥檚 being taught and support learning in students鈥� home language, especially for young children. Those are among the ideas six educators share for helping ELLs. Read more.
4. Don鈥檛 Make Assumptions About Your ELL Students
Seven educators offer their nominations for the most common mistakes made by teachers of ELLs, including making background-knowledge assumptions and not providing enough scaffolding. Read more.
5. Teachers Must Create Ways ELL 鈥楽tudents Can Show Us What They Know鈥�
Four educators share common mistakes made by teachers of English-language learners, including not being creative in how ELLs can show us what they know and by translating 鈥渆verything.鈥� Read more.
6. Teachers With 鈥楧eficit Perspectives鈥� Do Not Help English-Language Learners
Four educators share what they think are mistakes often made by teachers of ELLs, including overusing technology and operating out of a deficit perspective. Read more.
7. Nine Mistakes Educators Make When Teaching English-Language Learners
Confusing lack of English proficiency with lack of intelligence is among those mistakes five educators cite. Read more.
8. 鈥榃e Need to Face Our Own Discomfort鈥� About Discussing Racism
Marian Dingle, Sydney Chaffee, Raquel Rios, Rinard Pugh, and Kimberly N. Parker talk about mistakes that are often made when trying to tackle race and racism in the classroom and explore what we teachers can do instead. Read more.
9. Race & Racism Are Not 鈥楳erely Curricular Topics鈥�
Tehia Glass, Erin Miller, Eddie Moore Jr., Ali Michael, Marguerite Penick-Parks, Chezare A. Warren, Brian L. Wright, Ph.D., and Leah Wilson share their thoughts on the biggest mistakes made when approaching race and racism in the classroom. Read more.
10. Teachers Can鈥檛 Ignore Racism Issues and Hope They 鈥榃ill Go Away鈥�
A three-part series approaching race and racism in schools is wrapped up by Larry J. Walker, Jaime Castellano, Mara Lee Grayson, Ashley S. Boyd, Jennifer Orr, and Kelly Wickham Hurst. Read more.
More Q&A posts about mistakes in education:
Explore other thematic posts:
- It Was Another Busy School Year. What Resonated for You?
- How to Best Address Race and Racism in the Classroom
- Schools Just Let Out, But What Are the Best Ways to Begin the Coming Year?
- Classroom Management Starts With Student Engagement
- Teacher Takeaways From the Pandemic: What鈥檚 Worked? What Hasn鈥檛?
- The School Year Has Ended. What Are Some Lessons to Close Out Next Year?
- Student Motivation and Social-Emotional Learning Present Challenges. Here鈥檚 How to Help
- How to Challenge Normative Gender Culture to Support All Students
- What Students Like (and Don鈥檛 Like) About School
- Technology Is the Tool, Not the Teacher
- How to Make Parent Engagement Meaningful
- Teaching Social Studies Isn鈥檛 for the Faint of Heart
- Differentiated Instruction Doesn鈥檛 Need to Be a Heavy Lift
- How to Help Students Embrace Reading. Educators Weigh In
- 10 Strategies for Reaching English-Learners
- 10 Ways to Include Teachers in Important Policy Decisions
- 10 Teacher-Proofed Strategies for Improving Math Instruction
- Give Students a Role in Their Education
- Are There Better Ways Than Standardized Tests to Assess Students? Educators Think So
- How to Meet the Challenges of Teaching Science
- If I鈥檇 Only Known. Veteran Teachers Offer Advice for Beginners
- Writing Well Means Rewriting, Rewriting, Rewriting
- Christopher Emdin, Gholdy Muhammad, and More Education Authors Offer Insights to the Field
- How to Build Inclusive Classrooms
- What Science Can Teach Us About Learning
- The Best Ways for Administrators to Demonstrate Leadership
- Listen Up: Give Teachers a Voice in What Happens in Their Schools
- 10 Ways to Build a Healthier Classroom
- Educators Weigh In on Implementing the Common Core, Even Now
- What鈥檚 the Best Professional-Development Advice? Teachers and Students Have Their Say
- Plenty of Instructional Strategies Are Out There. Here鈥檚 What Works Best for Your Students
