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Nov 66 min read
Disrupting Negativity - Changing the Flow of the Game
The mindset of a Competitor: Your opponent is not your enemy. -Christopher Mance II It was a regular basketball practice, starting just...
Guest
Sep 254 min read
What is your ‘WHY’?
Two weeks ago, I began my 18th year of teaching. I got into my car, iced coffee in hand, and started the road to my familiar campus,...
Barbara Gruener
Aug 216 min read
Four Key Practices for Creating A Caring Climate
It’s Monday morning; Jed shows up to class looking tired and gaunt. He whispers that his grandfather accidentally ran over his dog on...
Guest
Jun 263 min read
Connect, Cherish, Celebrate
Just imagine if you were asked what you wanted to do for triskderopa. Right!?!?!? Your first thought isn’t to all the things you want and...
Guest
May 313 min read
Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road
The other morning, I was taking attendance when I heard some of my students talking about graduations they were attending for family...
Craig Shapiro
May 196 min read
Demystifying SEL
SEL, or as it's commonly known, Social and Emotional Learning, has had an awakening. It's about time! You see, I've been teaching SEL...
Guest
Apr 114 min read
An Experiment in Positivity
When was the last time you talked to someone about positive news? Do you have to take a long pause before realizing what it was? It is so...
Mandy Froehlich
Dec 22, 20235 min read
Countdown of the Top 10 Most Read Blogs of 2023
At EduMatch, we have strived to keep our articles relevant and timely. Our contributors are amazing educators who delight in sharing...
Guest
Dec 14, 20234 min read
The Power of Reading
“T……Tom…..live…..lived…in..a….big….city…..” I glance at my timer and see 26 seconds to go. “He….li….lived….with….his…br…brother…and…”...
Guest
Jul 3, 20237 min read
What is Collaboration? Getting Beyond Cooperation
Written by Melissa Laun As an educator deeply committed to the growth and success of administrators, teachers, and students, I have...
Sarah Szamreta Tang
Jun 7, 20234 min read
Ben and the Amazing Animal Adventure: A Note From All the Moms of All the Bens
As I am so sure many women say, coming back to work after maternity leave, I was a different person. I was powering through on minimal...
Elijah Carbajal
May 11, 20234 min read
Branding the Classroom, Removing the Stigma
By Elijah Carbajal “You can’t come to this class, because you know how to read, and I don’t. You can only come if you don’t know how to...
Kelli Bhari
Apr 8, 20235 min read
Building Strong Sense of Self Strategies for Teachers to Help Students Build Self-Awareness and Confidence
By Kellie Bahri A strong sense of self is the building block of success in all areas of life. Students who have a strong sense of self...
Dr. Denise Furlong
Apr 7, 20233 min read
Ben & the Amazing Animal Adventure
Book blog by Denise Furlong, Ed.D Ben’s story is one that has brought together three teachers who taught together many years ago in...
Dr. Ilene Winokur
Feb 22, 20233 min read
Finding your pathway to belonging in education
My journey to belonging has been long and winding. It has also opened pathways that I never imagined. When I reflect on where I was 10...
Jerry Toups Jr.
Nov 20, 20223 min read
The Art of Inspiration
In the summer of 2014, my school had a book study on Teach Like a Pirate by Dave Burgess. After reading the book I could only think, I do...
Elijah Carbajal
Oct 15, 20224 min read
A Place They Love
Anyone who has ever known me well enough knows that I love to write. As a teenager, I wrote songs. They weren’t very good, but I found...
Ekuwah [Mends] Moses
Oct 6, 20227 min read
Consistently “Invisible” Family Engagement
I grew up in a small town in Missouri and most of the teachers knew my parents through their work at the local university, church...
Dr. Kevin Leichtman
Sep 24, 20223 min read
Let’s Talk About Bad Students
I began my first year of teaching filled with an intense optimism for my incoming students. The highlight of my year would be to meet and...
Brian Kulak
Sep 17, 20225 min read
Separating the patch from the climbers
My grandmother’s house, in which she lived for over fifty years, is full of ivy. The kind of ivy that crawls up toward the roof with an...
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