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Want to Reduce Your Workload and Boost Student Learning? Try This One Powerful Strategy

By Mike Anderson
In Blog, From Surviving to Thriving, Great Academic Work, Homework, Mike's Blog, Motivation, Social and Emotional Learning, Student Choice, Teaching Strategies, Uncategorized, Work Life Balance

What if there was a learning strategy that boosted student engagement, had many (many!) academic benefits for students, and reduced teacher planning and correcting/grading time? Great news! There is–and it’s a tried and true strategy you have probably been using

By David Davis
In Blog, Great Academic Work, Homework, Mike's Blog, Motivation, Social and Emotional Learning, Student Choice

It might be the understatement of the summer that teachers, students, parents, and administrators are anxious about the upcoming school year. In addition to the priorities of health, safety, and equity of access to education in this COVID-19 period, distance

Self-Care as a Professional Responsibility

A Conversation with Mike Anderson, Little Things First This is part 3 of a four-part series on how to support educators in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. In this conversation with the Little Things First podcast hosts, Tracy

By Mike Anderson
In Equity, For Parents, Homework, Mike's Blog, Motivation, Social and Emotional Learning, Student Choice, Teacher Talk, Teaching Strategies

You’ve spent the whole year building a community of learners. You’ve established rules and routines to help learners manage themselves and work well with each other. Now, with schoolwork potentially moving offsite, you still want to support your students as

By Mike Anderson
In Homework, Mike's Blog, Motivation, Teaching Strategies

Is it time to try something different with your students? Is there something you’ve been trying over and over again that just isn’t working? One year, I remember it taking me way too long to realize that I needed to

By Mike Anderson
In Equity, Homework, Mike's Blog, Teaching Strategies

There is much debate about what kind of role homework should play in schools. Research on the topic is mixed. It has negative impacts on the achievement of younger children, positive impacts at the high school level, and mixed results

By Mike Anderson
In Homework, Mike's Blog, Teaching Strategies

It’s the beginning of a new school year, and your energy and optimism are high. You’re looking forward to a wonderful year—full of new growth and learning. As you settle in with colleagues for the first staff meeting, you chat

By Mike Anderson
In Homework, Mike's Blog, Teaching Strategies

I have always struggled with assigning math homework. I hate the idea of busywork, so work that seems too easy feels like a waste of time. Then again, assignments that are challenging don’t work either since I’m not there to

By Mike Anderson
In Homework, Mike's Blog, Teaching Strategies

Math teachers, I have a warning for you. (Cue ominous music.) There’s a trap that’s lurking around the corner—one that many of us fall into at some point. (Cue increasingly ominous music.) And once you’re in, it’s hard to escape.

By Mike Anderson
In Homework, Mike's Blog, Teaching Strategies, Uncle Curmudgeon

Dear Kennari- Greetings once again from Sweet Meadow Acres for Retired Teachers. I only have a few minutes to write today, so let’s get right to it, shall we? In your last letter, you mentioned that you’re overwhelmed with everything

By Mike Anderson
In Homework, Mike's Blog, Teaching Strategies, Uncle Curmudgeon

Every now and then, I come across a letter from Uncle Curmudgeon, an old retired teacher, to his niece, Kennari, an aspiring new one. I’m happy to pass another along! Dear Kennari- It was another interesting week here at Sweet

Homework

Is It Time to Try Something Different?

Inequities Hidden in Plain Sight: Homework

Homework: A Grievable Offense

Teaching Math without Homework

Math Teachers: Avoid the Homework Doom Loop

Uncle Curmudgeon: Stop Preparing Kids for Next Year!

Uncle Curmudgeon: Stop Giving Homework!