The Educators Room https://theeducatorsroom.com/ Empowering Teachers as the Experts Sat, 29 Nov 2025 05:31:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://theeducatorsroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-logo-120x120.png The Educators Room https://theeducatorsroom.com/ 32 32 From Truman to Trump: Lessons in statistical humility in math applications https://theeducatorsroom.com/from-truman-to-trump-lessons-in-statistical-humility-in-math-applications/ https://theeducatorsroom.com/from-truman-to-trump-lessons-in-statistical-humility-in-math-applications/#respond Mon, 01 Dec 2025 10:05:00 +0000 https://theeducatorsroom.com/?p=46148 I created a class called “Math Applications.”  It is designed as a course for students that have completed their math requirements but are not interested in taking pre-calculus or above. Before I teach any principles of descriptive statistics, I show students this famous picture of Truman holding up a newspaper titled “Dewey Defeats Truman.” I […]

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]]> https://theeducatorsroom.com/from-truman-to-trump-lessons-in-statistical-humility-in-math-applications/feed/ 0 Creating Fourth Grade Changemakers: Learning to lead through service  https://theeducatorsroom.com/creating-fourth-grade-changemakers-learning-to-lead-through-service/ https://theeducatorsroom.com/creating-fourth-grade-changemakers-learning-to-lead-through-service/#respond Fri, 28 Nov 2025 11:34:00 +0000 https://theeducatorsroom.com/?p=46143 A few years ago, we made a change to the curriculum that allowed for more experiential learning. We wanted to design a thematic unit that the students were in control of, from the topic studied to the final project. From conversations with colleagues, administrators, and community members, the class changemakers project was born.  The fourth-grade […]

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]]> https://theeducatorsroom.com/creating-fourth-grade-changemakers-learning-to-lead-through-service/feed/ 0 A Thanksgiving Conversation We Can’t Avoid: Education Under Attack https://theeducatorsroom.com/a-thanksgiving-conversation-we-cant-avoid-education-under-attack/ https://theeducatorsroom.com/a-thanksgiving-conversation-we-cant-avoid-education-under-attack/#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2025 23:42:51 +0000 https://theeducatorsroom.com/?p=46139 This year in education has been anything but peaceful. I needed this one-week break for Thanksgiving. In August, billions in school funding were abruptly withheld just as the school year began. On top of that, ICE has targeted students and parents on campus, with teachers stepping in to physically protect them and their families. Special […]

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]]> https://theeducatorsroom.com/a-thanksgiving-conversation-we-cant-avoid-education-under-attack/feed/ 1 Classroom Battlefields: The Nation Needs to Pay Attention https://theeducatorsroom.com/classroom-battlefields-the-nation-needs-to-pay-attention/ https://theeducatorsroom.com/classroom-battlefields-the-nation-needs-to-pay-attention/#respond Tue, 25 Nov 2025 16:08:45 +0000 https://theeducatorsroom.com/?p=46134 The nation needs to pay attention. -“Let’s sit in our bubble space.” -“The first thing we do is always the same, we pick up our pencil and write our name.” -”We don’t put that in our mouth; that has germs.” Ahh, the soundtrack of a typical first grade classroom.   Many elementary school teachers are […]

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]]> https://theeducatorsroom.com/classroom-battlefields-the-nation-needs-to-pay-attention/feed/ 0 When My Therapy Dog Became My Co-Teacher, and Changed How I Teach https://theeducatorsroom.com/when-my-therapy-dog-became-my-co-teacher-and-changed-how-i-teach/ https://theeducatorsroom.com/when-my-therapy-dog-became-my-co-teacher-and-changed-how-i-teach/#respond Wed, 19 Nov 2025 19:18:13 +0000 https://theeducatorsroom.com/?p=46121 The first time I brought my therapy dog, Little Dude, into my classroom, I expected curiosity, excitement, maybe even distraction. What I didn’t expect was how instantly he transformed the energy of the room, or how profoundly he would reshape the way I think about teaching. I had been volunteering with Little Dude through The […]

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]]> https://theeducatorsroom.com/when-my-therapy-dog-became-my-co-teacher-and-changed-how-i-teach/feed/ 0 New student loan caps in “Big Beautiful Bill” could deepen shortages in critical professions https://theeducatorsroom.com/new-student-loan-caps-in-big-beautiful-bill-could-deepen-shortages-in-critical-professions/ https://theeducatorsroom.com/new-student-loan-caps-in-big-beautiful-bill-could-deepen-shortages-in-critical-professions/#respond Wed, 19 Nov 2025 19:15:00 +0000 https://theeducatorsroom.com/?p=46130 The Department of Education and a federal rulemaking committee have agreed on new regulations tied to H.R.1 that will significantly reshape graduate and professional student borrowing. The law caps federal loans at $100,000 for graduate students and $200,000 for professional students, while ending Grad PLUS loans in 2026. Because only “professional” programs qualify for the […]

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]]> https://theeducatorsroom.com/new-student-loan-caps-in-big-beautiful-bill-could-deepen-shortages-in-critical-professions/feed/ 0 Critics slam Trump administration for moving to dismantle Department of Education during American Education Week https://theeducatorsroom.com/critics-slam-trump-administration-for-moving-to-dismantle-department-of-education-during-american-education-week/ https://theeducatorsroom.com/critics-slam-trump-administration-for-moving-to-dismantle-department-of-education-during-american-education-week/#respond Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:30:22 +0000 https://theeducatorsroom.com/?p=46126 In the latest move under the Trump administration’s plan, the Education Department has begun transferring its employees to other federal agencies with the goal of ultimately asking Congress to dismantle the Department of Education. In a press release sent Tuesday, the Department signed six new interagency agreements to transfer some of the largest grant programs […]

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]]> https://theeducatorsroom.com/critics-slam-trump-administration-for-moving-to-dismantle-department-of-education-during-american-education-week/feed/ 0 The Struggle with Comprehending Nonfiction Texts  https://theeducatorsroom.com/the-struggle-with-comprehending-nonfiction-texts/ https://theeducatorsroom.com/the-struggle-with-comprehending-nonfiction-texts/#respond Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:45:04 +0000 https://theeducatorsroom.com/?p=46117 Teaching students to read nonfiction texts can be a daunting task. Nonfiction texts can be written in many different formats and styles, depending on the subject matter. Providing multiple examples of texts that we see in today’s world, teaching them how to comprehend and think critically about the content, as well as effective note-taking techniques, […]

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]]> https://theeducatorsroom.com/the-struggle-with-comprehending-nonfiction-texts/feed/ 0 My Literary Crimes: A Defense of Teaching Storytelling https://theeducatorsroom.com/my-literary-crimes-a-defense-of-teaching-storytelling/ https://theeducatorsroom.com/my-literary-crimes-a-defense-of-teaching-storytelling/#respond Mon, 17 Nov 2025 13:36:56 +0000 https://theeducatorsroom.com/?p=46108 I was 25 when I read Dylan Thomas’ Lament Poem to a room of amateur poets at one of their monthly gatherings in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. As Dylan Thomas. I was 25 and a genius and these poets, the way I understood them, were a spit in the face of Poetry and the killers of the […]

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]]> https://theeducatorsroom.com/my-literary-crimes-a-defense-of-teaching-storytelling/feed/ 0 Kindness is a muscle; Teachers Need to Flex it Now More Than Ever https://theeducatorsroom.com/kindness-is-a-muscle-teachers-need-to-flex-it-now-more-than-ever/ https://theeducatorsroom.com/kindness-is-a-muscle-teachers-need-to-flex-it-now-more-than-ever/#respond Sun, 16 Nov 2025 02:15:46 +0000 https://theeducatorsroom.com/?p=46098 By Nosakhere Griffin-EL, Ph.D. When you turn on television it seems like everyone is being unkind to each other. Politicians  are hurling insults, using dehumanizing words to blame “the other side”  for government shutdown; sport analysts rant about why a player isn’t living up to his million dollar contract; celebrities trade insults in a never […]

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