Classroom Communities Articles for Educators

As teachers enter a new year, it's the perfect time to reflect on goals and motivations. Teaching is a challenging yet rewarding profession, and it's important for educators to stay...

As your students grow to learn about themselves and the world, they will start to piece together what makes humans the same and what makes them different. We are all...

Age Range Suggestions from Common Sense Media Hidden Figures – 2016 (Age 10+) Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae The Color Purple – 1985 (Age 14+) Whoopi Goldberg, Danny...

11 percent of kids get their first social media account by the age of 10. By the age of 12, 39% of kids have a social media account. Of teenagers...

In the U.S. nearly 11 million children live in poverty. That’s 1 in 7 students. More than half of teachers in the U.S. earn income from sources other than their...

Lisa Dabbs’ New Teacher Chat on Twitter. Find out more by looking up the hashtag #ntchat on Twitter. These chats happen on the first and third Wednesday of each month...

Especially in the age of social media, hot button issues often come up in comment sections or forums. Those topics can easily make their way into the classroom! Instead of...