Jason Deehan 🇵🇰🇲🇲🇩🇴🇰🇷🇰🇼
@mrdeehanclass.bsky.social
International educator: middle school social studies, belonging, growth mindset, student voice. Husband. Father. Author. Blogger: https://educationalexploits.com/
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“During the conference, we’ve had parents become emotional and tear up with pride, having never heard their child speak about themselves in this way.” 🧡
Here’s what happened when this school started implementing student-led conferences.
#SchoolLeaders #EduSky
Here’s what happened when this school started implementing student-led conferences.
#SchoolLeaders #EduSky
How to Successfully Institute Student-Led Conferences at Your School
A middle school principal on how teachers, students, and families have benefited from an initiative that guides students to take ownership of their learning.
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December 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“During the conference, we’ve had parents become emotional and tear up with pride, having never heard their child speak about themselves in this way.” 🧡
Here’s what happened when this school started implementing student-led conferences.
#SchoolLeaders #EduSky
Here’s what happened when this school started implementing student-led conferences.
#SchoolLeaders #EduSky
Latest blog post about what we can do for the students left behind in a school with a high turnover rate. educationalexploits.com/2025/12/16/t... #edusky
The Ones Left Behind: Building Belonging in a Transient School Community
I recently conducted a survey with middle school students at my overseas international school. I was looking for information about student feelings about trusted adults they felt comfortable approa…
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December 16, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Latest blog post about what we can do for the students left behind in a school with a high turnover rate. educationalexploits.com/2025/12/16/t... #edusky
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Honored to be included in this list! Our study (with @damcotto.bsky.social) examined how students ("capable problem solvers") may benefit from using scratch paper because they are able to offload information from their working memory and reintegrate it later.
Our annual research roundup is here!
Here are 10 takeaways from this year’s must-read education studies—from the power of brain breaks to groundbreaking research on AI, cell phones, and handwriting in the classroom. 🧠✍️
#EdResearch #EduSky
Here are 10 takeaways from this year’s must-read education studies—from the power of brain breaks to groundbreaking research on AI, cell phones, and handwriting in the classroom. 🧠✍️
#EdResearch #EduSky
The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2025
We’re back with our roundup of the most insightful studies of the year, from the power of brain breaks to groundbreaking research on AI, cell phones, and handwriting in the classroom.
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December 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Honored to be included in this list! Our study (with @damcotto.bsky.social) examined how students ("capable problem solvers") may benefit from using scratch paper because they are able to offload information from their working memory and reintegrate it later.
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"If students are using AI to accomplish a goal... their goal isn’t learning... Generative AI just demonstrates that schools have gotten so caught up in the points-grades-GPA game that students have lost sight of the real goal: learning." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #AIEdu
Prioritizing Learning Despite AI: Tips for Secondary Teachers
Students are chasing points and grades because that’s what the education system prioritizes, but we can guide them to focus on learning.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"If students are using AI to accomplish a goal... their goal isn’t learning... Generative AI just demonstrates that schools have gotten so caught up in the points-grades-GPA game that students have lost sight of the real goal: learning." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #AIEdu
This article gets it: www.edutopia.org/article/prio... #edusky
AI Isn’t the Main Problem—It Just Shows Us What That Problem Is
Students are chasing points and grades because that’s what the education system prioritizes, but we can guide them to focus on learning.
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December 15, 2025 at 6:37 AM
This article gets it: www.edutopia.org/article/prio... #edusky
The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast got my top spot. More in my #SpotifyWrapped.
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My Top Podcast of 2025
Spotify
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December 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast got my top spot. More in my #SpotifyWrapped.
www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...
www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...
The 6/7 meme has been everywhere lately, but what’s fascinating is who is actually into it. My younger students can’t get enough of it.
Older students call it “brain rot" and want nothing to do with it. It’s wild watching some of them realize that you can actually be aged out of a fad.
Older students call it “brain rot" and want nothing to do with it. It’s wild watching some of them realize that you can actually be aged out of a fad.
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The 6/7 meme has been everywhere lately, but what’s fascinating is who is actually into it. My younger students can’t get enough of it.
Older students call it “brain rot" and want nothing to do with it. It’s wild watching some of them realize that you can actually be aged out of a fad.
Older students call it “brain rot" and want nothing to do with it. It’s wild watching some of them realize that you can actually be aged out of a fad.
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Student: “The teacher told me, ‘Analyze what makes a claim valid by determining if supporting evidence is relevant & sufficient.”
Me: “Great. What does that mean?”
Student: ~blank stare~
Sound familiar? This strategy can help you break down standards into terms students can understand.
#EduSky
Me: “Great. What does that mean?”
Student: ~blank stare~
Sound familiar? This strategy can help you break down standards into terms students can understand.
#EduSky
Translating Standards Into Student-Friendly Terms
Designing an effective assessment requires first deconstructing the standards into clear criteria of success that students can understand.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Student: “The teacher told me, ‘Analyze what makes a claim valid by determining if supporting evidence is relevant & sufficient.”
Me: “Great. What does that mean?”
Student: ~blank stare~
Sound familiar? This strategy can help you break down standards into terms students can understand.
#EduSky
Me: “Great. What does that mean?”
Student: ~blank stare~
Sound familiar? This strategy can help you break down standards into terms students can understand.
#EduSky
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Are your students struggling with planning ahead, managing emotions, or working independently?
Instructional coach Peg Grafwallner says building #ExecutiveFunctioning skills and agency are the keys to unlocking self-reliant learners.
Let’s explore.
🧵1/6 #EduSky
Instructional coach Peg Grafwallner says building #ExecutiveFunctioning skills and agency are the keys to unlocking self-reliant learners.
Let’s explore.
🧵1/6 #EduSky
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Are your students struggling with planning ahead, managing emotions, or working independently?
Instructional coach Peg Grafwallner says building #ExecutiveFunctioning skills and agency are the keys to unlocking self-reliant learners.
Let’s explore.
🧵1/6 #EduSky
Instructional coach Peg Grafwallner says building #ExecutiveFunctioning skills and agency are the keys to unlocking self-reliant learners.
Let’s explore.
🧵1/6 #EduSky
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World language teachers: Here are a dozen activities that’ll get students having fun *and* practicing the language they’re learning! 💬🎉
#WorldLanguages #LanguageEducation
#WorldLanguages #LanguageEducation
12 Fun Speaking Games for Language Learners
Every teacher has faced the struggle of encouraging students to speak. Here's a list of a fun activities to get your students to talking.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:39 AM
World language teachers: Here are a dozen activities that’ll get students having fun *and* practicing the language they’re learning! 💬🎉
#WorldLanguages #LanguageEducation
#WorldLanguages #LanguageEducation
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Help students connect to their community and see how their actions can have a positive difference with these 7 activities! 🤩
#ElementarySchool #EduSky #ServiceLearning
#ElementarySchool #EduSky #ServiceLearning
7 Community Service Activities for Elementary Students
These hands-on activities help students build empathy, patience, and a better understanding of how their actions can impact their community.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Help students connect to their community and see how their actions can have a positive difference with these 7 activities! 🤩
#ElementarySchool #EduSky #ServiceLearning
#ElementarySchool #EduSky #ServiceLearning
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How do we get students to really own their learning? This week, Zaretta Hammond offers five "learn-to-learn" strategies that help students build their learning power.
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Rebuilding Students’ Learning Power with Learn-to-Learn Skills | Cult of Pedagogy
We can teach our hearts out, but in the end, only the learner learns. So, how do we get students to own their learning?
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November 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
How do we get students to really own their learning? This week, Zaretta Hammond offers five "learn-to-learn" strategies that help students build their learning power.
www.cultofpedagogy.com/learn-to-lea...
www.cultofpedagogy.com/learn-to-lea...
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Warm demanders insist on high standards but remain sensitive to a student’s need to belong—and succeed.
By bracketing frustrating lessons w/ small wins, teachers can boost engagement without sacrificing rigor.
Read 9 more studies w/ actionable insights here:
6/6
By bracketing frustrating lessons w/ small wins, teachers can boost engagement without sacrificing rigor.
Read 9 more studies w/ actionable insights here:
6/6
The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2024
It’s that time again—our yearly review of the research you should read, from the sneaky ways that inattention can spread in your classroom to the promises and perils of AI.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Warm demanders insist on high standards but remain sensitive to a student’s need to belong—and succeed.
By bracketing frustrating lessons w/ small wins, teachers can boost engagement without sacrificing rigor.
Read 9 more studies w/ actionable insights here:
6/6
By bracketing frustrating lessons w/ small wins, teachers can boost engagement without sacrificing rigor.
Read 9 more studies w/ actionable insights here:
6/6
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Tired of students skipping your comments and only looking at the grade? Try giving them a picture of how they performed. 🖼️
Want a blank version of this teacher’s bar chart rubric and spiderweb lab report rubric? Get editable copies here: edut.to/42ppMnp
#ITeachScience #HighSchoolTeacher #EduSky
Want a blank version of this teacher’s bar chart rubric and spiderweb lab report rubric? Get editable copies here: edut.to/42ppMnp
#ITeachScience #HighSchoolTeacher #EduSky
Helping Students Look Beyond Grades With Visual Rubrics
When students see their content mastery mapped out, they’re more likely to understand their proficiency—and take ownership of their progress.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Tired of students skipping your comments and only looking at the grade? Try giving them a picture of how they performed. 🖼️
Want a blank version of this teacher’s bar chart rubric and spiderweb lab report rubric? Get editable copies here: edut.to/42ppMnp
#ITeachScience #HighSchoolTeacher #EduSky
Want a blank version of this teacher’s bar chart rubric and spiderweb lab report rubric? Get editable copies here: edut.to/42ppMnp
#ITeachScience #HighSchoolTeacher #EduSky
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When teachers understand how the brain learns, small shifts—like breaking up lectures or using retrieval practice—can lead to powerful results. 🧠
Here are 15 research-based strategies every teacher can use!
#EduSky #EdResearch
Here are 15 research-based strategies every teacher can use!
#EduSky #EdResearch
15 Tips to Align Your Teaching With Brain Science
From attention to metacognition and memory, here are 15 tips to apply the latest insights from cognitive science to how students learn.
edut.to
October 31, 2025 at 1:18 AM
When teachers understand how the brain learns, small shifts—like breaking up lectures or using retrieval practice—can lead to powerful results. 🧠
Here are 15 research-based strategies every teacher can use!
#EduSky #EdResearch
Here are 15 research-based strategies every teacher can use!
#EduSky #EdResearch
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Attention, memory, emotion—each plays a role in how students learn. Edutopia’s @youkiterada.bsky.social breaks down 15 tips to align your teaching with how student brains work. 🧠
#EduSky #EdResearch
#EduSky #EdResearch
15 Tips to Align Your Teaching With Brain Science
From attention to metacognition and memory, here are 15 tips to apply the latest insights from cognitive science to how students learn.
edut.to
November 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Attention, memory, emotion—each plays a role in how students learn. Edutopia’s @youkiterada.bsky.social breaks down 15 tips to align your teaching with how student brains work. 🧠
#EduSky #EdResearch
#EduSky #EdResearch
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October 31, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Or listen on Spotify: bit.ly/3Jv02zL
The Extraordinary Impact of Drawing to Learn
School of Practice · Episode
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October 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Or listen on Spotify: bit.ly/3Jv02zL
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Want to *literally* add your voice to @edutopia.org's podcast episode? 🎤
☎️ Call our hotline at 866-333-4930 and leave a message about your trickiest classroom challenge.
#EduSky
☎️ Call our hotline at 866-333-4930 and leave a message about your trickiest classroom challenge.
#EduSky
What’s your biggest classroom challenge right now? 🤔
Drop your toughest or most urgent classroom questions on this thread.
Our team will take what we heard, find experts to help us make sense of it all, and produce a live podcast episode of answers. 🎧
Drop your toughest or most urgent classroom questions on this thread.
Our team will take what we heard, find experts to help us make sense of it all, and produce a live podcast episode of answers. 🎧
Call for submissions: What are you wrestling with right now—classroom misbehavior, grading stress, student engagement, discussion norms?
We’re working on a live Ask & Answer for our podcast. Drop your toughest or most urgent classroom questions on this thread, and our team will take what we heard, find experts to help us make sense of…
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October 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Want to *literally* add your voice to @edutopia.org's podcast episode? 🎤
☎️ Call our hotline at 866-333-4930 and leave a message about your trickiest classroom challenge.
#EduSky
☎️ Call our hotline at 866-333-4930 and leave a message about your trickiest classroom challenge.
#EduSky
Latest blog post: a printable bingo game designed to encourage students to do try some fun screen-free activities during school breaks. educationalexploits.com/2025/10/23/b... #edusky
Break Bingo – Printable Bingo Card
During school breaks, I always hope my students find time to rest, recharge, and rediscover the world beyond their screens. This year, I created a simple Break Bingo card to give them a little insp…
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October 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Latest blog post: a printable bingo game designed to encourage students to do try some fun screen-free activities during school breaks. educationalexploits.com/2025/10/23/b... #edusky
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“I’ve realized that teachers who write, for themselves or others, discover powerful opportunities for reflection and connection,” teacher Kasey Short says.
Here’s how writing articles (like this one!) has helped her improve her practice and critically analyze her choices as an educator. ✏️
#EduSky
Here’s how writing articles (like this one!) has helped her improve her practice and critically analyze her choices as an educator. ✏️
#EduSky
How You Can Use Writing to Shape Your Teaching Practice
Teachers can explore different modes of writing to facilitate personal reflection and meaningful connections with other educators.
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October 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
“I’ve realized that teachers who write, for themselves or others, discover powerful opportunities for reflection and connection,” teacher Kasey Short says.
Here’s how writing articles (like this one!) has helped her improve her practice and critically analyze her choices as an educator. ✏️
#EduSky
Here’s how writing articles (like this one!) has helped her improve her practice and critically analyze her choices as an educator. ✏️
#EduSky
My 7th graders will be exploring LOTS of civilizations this year. We are tracking them on our map. So far: Ancient China, Indus River Valley, Norte Chico, Ancient Greece/Rome.
October 22, 2025 at 3:58 AM
My 7th graders will be exploring LOTS of civilizations this year. We are tracking them on our map. So far: Ancient China, Indus River Valley, Norte Chico, Ancient Greece/Rome.
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Try these classroom design strategies to support students’ executive function skills—from following directions and managing distractions to planning projects and making priority lists. 📝
#EduSky #ExecutiveFunction
#EduSky #ExecutiveFunction
7 Ways to Support Executive Function in Your Classroom
How to design your classroom environment and materials to support a wide range of executive function skills, from managing distractions to boosting planning skills.
edut.to
October 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Try these classroom design strategies to support students’ executive function skills—from following directions and managing distractions to planning projects and making priority lists. 📝
#EduSky #ExecutiveFunction
#EduSky #ExecutiveFunction
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"Data stories can help students see themselves not as test scores, but as thinkers and collaborators."
Carl Slater via @edutopia.org
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Carl Slater via @edutopia.org
www.edutopia.org/article/data...
Crafting Data-Driven Narratives About Students
Telling stories with and about data helps students better see themselves as learners and helps teachers center them in the classroom.
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October 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
"Data stories can help students see themselves not as test scores, but as thinkers and collaborators."
Carl Slater via @edutopia.org
www.edutopia.org/article/data...
Carl Slater via @edutopia.org
www.edutopia.org/article/data...
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⚡🎧 Our 2nd School of Practice podcast episode is out!
In this week’s show, we tackle a classic teacher dilemma: DESK LAYOUTS.
Is there one to rule them all?
In this week’s show, we tackle a classic teacher dilemma: DESK LAYOUTS.
Is there one to rule them all?
October 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
⚡🎧 Our 2nd School of Practice podcast episode is out!
In this week’s show, we tackle a classic teacher dilemma: DESK LAYOUTS.
Is there one to rule them all?
In this week’s show, we tackle a classic teacher dilemma: DESK LAYOUTS.
Is there one to rule them all?