As a middle school teacher, I often see my colleagues taking pains to keep students quiet during class. After all, the rhythm of the traditional classroom doesn’t leave much room for chatting among students, and socializing in class is often viewed as a proxy for poor behavior or inattentiveness. And yet, a recent study from the World […]
Author Archives: Carma Hobgood
Carma Hobgood teaches Language Arts to students in sixth through eigth grades at Nativity of Mary Parish Elementary School in Missouri, and was a facilitator at the 2018 Junior National Young Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C.