Schools

Celebrate the Changing Seasons with Gale

| By Gale Staff | From muggy, late summer days to crisp, Friday night football games, the changing seasons serve as a backdrop to the passage of our school year. Of course, stark seasonal changes vary depending on where you live, but with spring on the horizon, elementary school teachers can build seasonal topics into … Read more

Equip Students with Essential ELA Skills

| By Gale Staff | You have to have a particular kind of passion to be an ELA teacher. One that compels you to dig deep past the words on the page to find the soul of the story—the era in which it was penned, the societal norms that the author faced, and the personal … Read more

Empower the Next Generation of Informed Citizens

| By Gale Staff | It can be nerve-wracking to invite high schoolers to engage in discourse about controversial topics. You run the risk of sparking what Lee Warren of Harvard University’s Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning calls “hot moments.” However, it’s our job as educators to ensure that our classrooms are safe … Read more

Enhance Classroom Instruction with Gale In Context

What does lesson planning look like for you? If you’re like many educators, it consists of carefully evaluating resource after resource, hand-selecting the best material, and figuring out a way to weave it all together into a logical, organized flow. You spend time scrubbing through YouTube videos to check for inappropriate language, creating text sets … Read more

6 Reasons Your Classroom Needs Gale In Context: For Educators

| By Gale Staff | Teaching is your passion, but it’s a relentless day-in and day-out calling. To your kids, you’re a superhero—but even superheroes can use someone in their corner. Someone to help cover your bases with the latest tools and technology that meet your students’ needs while keeping pace with ever-changing standards and … Read more

Encouraging Student Success with Financial Literacy Topics

| By Gale Staff | Middle school is a time when students are beginning to think more about their futures, and they can benefit from learning about real-world skills and concepts that they can use now and in the future. One topic students may benefit from learning about is personal finance. Financial literacy, or understanding … Read more

Celebrate Easter Around the World

| By Gale Staff | Celebrating holidays in your elementary classroom is always exciting—and the topic can be especially engaging from a global perspective. Learning how different cultures approach the same holiday is fascinating and encourages students to identify connections between themselves and those from other backgrounds, encouraging empathy and nurturing curiosity. As the spring … Read more