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Tovani, Cris – Educational Leadership, 2015
English teacher Cris Tovani knows from her experiences teaching elementary school that students are naturally curious. But, too often, students are so trained to be question answerers that by the time they reach high school, they no longer form questions of their own and instead focus on trying to figure out what answer the teacher wants. Tovani…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Teaching Experience, Student Participation, Educational Practices
Cruz, Bárbara C. – Educational Leadership, 2015
Many teachers shy away from conversations about diversity issues in the classroom--because they feel pressured to cover the mandated curriculum, or because they worry about students' and parents' reactions, or because they're afraid they'll say the wrong thing or won't know how to respond to comments that can make everyone feel uncomfortable. In…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Diversity (Institutional), Controversial Issues (Course Content), Teaching Guides
Reilly, Marceta – Educational Leadership, 2015
"One teacher resists making appointments!" "My problem is with a teacher who says 'Why should I have to change my teaching when most of my students are proficient?'" "Teachers act as if I'm too young to know anything." Instructional coaches, principals and others responsible for leading change in schools find teachers…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Resistance to Change, Instruction, Teaching Models
Echevarria, Jana; Frey, Nancy; Fisher, Doug – Educational Leadership, 2015
A growing number of students in U.S. classrooms have spent more than five years in U.S. schools but have not yet attained fluency in English. These students account for 30 percent to 70 percent of English learners, and most have been in U.S. schools since kindergarten. Through research and their own experiences, Jana Echevarria, Nancy Frey, and…
Descriptors: Success, Achievement Need, English Language Learners, Language Fluency
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Johnson, Joseph F.; Uline, Cynthia L.; Perez, Lynne G. – Educational Leadership, 2014
What drives decisions about what gets taught, how, and to whom? In some districts, teachers base these decisions on the organization of textbooks, the timing of pacing charts, or lesson plans from prior years. Often, they base curricular decisions on content that needs to be "covered." In contrast, in many of the United States'…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Teaching Methods, Teaching Models, Instructional Effectiveness