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Podcast: Brave New Teaching: A Podcast for High School and Middle School Teachers
Episode: We’re Building our ELA Units WRONG. Here’s how to fix it. - BNT Team Meeting [Ep 282]
Description: What if our obsession with data is actually distracting us from the real work? In this team meeting, we dig into how a “data first” or “book first” approach can miss the human side of learning and why culture and engagement have to come first. We look ahead to what teaching needs to look like in 2026, sharing a conversation-first planning workflow that starts with what students actually care about and then selects the skills and texts that support those conversations!Resources:Become a founding beta tester of Brave New Teaching University!Watch BNT episodes on YouTube!Shop Our...