It's demoralizing, and here's what you can do to prevent it. “To Kill a Mockingbird” is a beautiful story, and it is one of the most commonly taught books in the secondary curriculum. But educator, Jennifer Buehler,

How and why Global School Play Day is working to restore unstructured play for kids For five years now, the first Wednesday in the month of February has been designated as Global School Play Day. This year, on February 5th,

"I wanted to find something that would possibly interest them and that they can’t find on the internet." Dina Leygerman was tired of having her high school students pretending to read the classic novels assigned in her class.

The Role of Emotion in History Education Dr. Dave Neumann is an Assistant Professor of History Education at Cal Poly Pomona and he was recently published in “Social Education” with his article titled “A feeling for the Past: The Role of Emotion in Hist...

These are our favorite interviews of 2019 Every year on Class Dismissed, we have an in-depth discussion with scores of amazing people working in education. We introduce our listeners to, innovative teachers, administrators, college professors,

Shakespeare is arguably the most widely taught author in the United States, but should he be? Christina Torres has been teaching Shakespeare to her students for the past seven years. She loves Shakespeare, she's read it, she's performed it,

We shouldn't obsess over early achievement. We live in a world where we applaud kids that do amazing things at a young age, but Rich Karlgaard is not focused on those early achievers. Karlgaard is the publisher of Forbes Magazine and author of "Late...

Happy Thanksgiving! This week we take a look at some myths surrounding the origin of Thanksgiving. Were the Indians and Pilgrims that first ate together friendly with one another?Has Thanksgiving been a tradition since the 1600s?

Over a 30 year period, Kim Marshall served as a teacher, policy advisor, speechwriter, director of the curriculum, and a principal for Boston schools. After that incredible career, Marshall began chapter two of his professional life with the publica...

So many of the moments that change us are surprise moments. Have you ever had a spontaneous event define who you are? It’s possible you have and you just didn’t recognize it.  Our guest explains how we can use neuroscience to trigger growth minds...