From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Subscribe to the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast and Cool Cat Teacher Talk anywhere you listen to podcasts. Jerry Kolber built Nat Geo's Brain Games and Netflix's Brainchild, then moved his team off screens entirely. How teachers use kids' podcasts for transition time, how to get the free ad-free classroom version, and why human accountability still beats AI-generated content. The post Who Smarted? Why Human-Made Kids’ Media Still Beats the Bots appeared

Two-a-days are underway. Something else started at the same time, and nobody's charting it.Fall sports stack a lot onto one teenager: a body that's constantly sore, a coach's approval that starts to feel like identity, a roster spot that never feels secure, and six hours of practice on top of a fu Generated from MentalSpace School: Georgia K-12 Mental Health and Compliance Guide #MentalSpaceSchool #SchoolMentalHealth #K12Wellness #PodcastListen on mentalspaceschool.com →

How many students in your building are on their sixth school? Near a Georgia installation, the number is usually higher than staff expect. Military-connected students move on orders, not on the academic calendar. They arrive in November, in February, sometimes the week before state testing. Every m Generated from MentalSpace School: Georgia K-12 Mental Health and Compliance Guide #MentalSpaceSchool #SchoolMentalHealth #K12Wellness #PodcastListen on mentalspaceschool.com →

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Subscribe to the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast and Cool Cat Teacher Talk anywhere you listen to podcasts. For twenty-five years we sent the struggling kid to the back of the room with headphones on. Todd Brekhus of Renaissance explains why that broke personalized learning, and how teacher-facing AI hands the room back to you. The post Keeping the Teacher at the Center of Classroom AI appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher

Some students walk in this month having changed schools three times in two years. The roster gives you a name and nothing else, and often that's intentional.A few things that make the first weeks better for students in foster and kinship care: Rethink the family assignments. "Bring in a baby pict Generated from MentalSpace School: Georgia K-12 Mental Health and Compliance Guide #MentalSpaceSchool #SchoolMentalHealth #K12Wellness #PodcastListen on mentalspaceschool.com →

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Subscribe to the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast and Cool Cat Teacher Talk anywhere you listen to podcasts. Dr. Nneka McGee says that quantum computing today is where AI was nine years ago. So, she's learned how to teach superposition and entanglement to five-year-olds with a penny and a paper plate. (No computer, just concepts.) She also shares why waiting for the breakthrough means waiting too long. The post How to Teach Quantum Physics to Littles (and

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Subscribe to the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast and Cool Cat Teacher Talk anywhere you listen to podcasts. Alice Keeler, Google Developer Expert for Google Workspace, shares how to vibe code for Google workspace. She discusses privacy issues, tips for writing code, and the importance of installing tools that are maintained by developers. Then, in the show notes, how to begin creating your own Gem with prompts and tips is included for classroom teachers to get

Some students spend the entire ride to school rehearsing how to say hello. Then they walk in and say nothing.Friendship anxiety and social re-entry are one of the quietest struggles of the first weeks back. It rarely looks like distress. It looks like a kid who is "fine," who says they don't reall Generated from MentalSpace School: Georgia K-12 Mental Health and Compliance Guide #MentalSpaceSchool #SchoolMentalHealth #K12Wellness #PodcastListen on mentalspaceschool.com →

Every August, the same conversation happens in thousands of Georgia homes: "You're on that phone too much." It rarely works, and here's why. Summer screen habits weren't laziness. For many students the phone was where their friendships lived for ten weeks straight. A hard cutoff on the first week o Generated from MentalSpace School: Georgia K-12 Mental Health and Compliance Guide #MentalSpaceSchool #SchoolMentalHealth #K12Wellness #PodcastListen on

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The new student in your building already knows the academic part is survivable. It's lunch that scares them. Belonging isn't a feeling schools have to wait for. It gets built on purpose: • A named peer buddy, not just a welcome folder • One adult greeting them by name every day for the first 20 sc Generated from MentalSpace School: Georgia K-12 Mental Health and Compliance Guide #MentalSpaceSchool #SchoolMentalHealth #K12Wellness #PodcastListen on mentalspaceschool.com →

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Subscribe to the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast and Cool Cat Teacher Talk anywhere you listen to podcasts. Muriel Summers took A.B. Combs from one of the lowest performing Title I schools to one of the highest by fixing the culture first — giving every child a leadership role and letting five-year-olds help interview teachers. The post How a School Built Its Culture Around the 7 Habits — and the Academics Followed appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by

MSD of Wayne Township Superintendent Dr. Shenia Suggs was our first gues for the 2026/2027 school year on Voices of the Westside. She talks about a number of different topics including the new cell phone law, the Profile of a Wayne Learner initiative and what it's been like during her first half year on the job as the Superintendent of the MSD of Wayne Township.

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Subscribe to the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast and Cool Cat Teacher Talk anywhere you listen to podcasts. Leadership is not a personality you're born with — it can be learned, and it can be taught. Ronn Nozoe, CEO of the National Principals Association, on what principals really say about AI and why the number one thing they need is time. Then Muriel Summers on rebuilding a Title I school around one idea: everyone in the building is a leader, including the