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Bringing critical thinking to life in your classroom: Lessons from Linda Elder

September 16, 2025 Linh Nguyen Resources, Teaching

Here’s something that keeps me up at night: we’re living in an age where misinformation spreads faster than wildfire, and our students are caught right

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Start the semester strong: Strategies for getting to know your students (and why it matters)

January 9, 2025 Lindsay Vreeland Best Practices, Resources, Teaching, Tips

At the beginning of the semester, it can be difficult to learn students’ names, pronouns, experiences, and needs. Getting to know your students at the

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Feminist pedagogies inform inclusive STEM teaching

May 30, 2024 Linh Nguyen Best Practices, Teaching, Tips

Traditional STEM teaching has a persistent predicament of exclusion and inequity. The 2023 Diversity and STEM: Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities report from the