Kaleidoscope: Educator Voices & Perspectives
In this issue of Kaleidoscope, the power is in the details. Take a dive into the finer points of curriculum design, teacher collaboration, and the language of science instruction—up close and personal.

Teaching Means More than Teachers will Ever Know
A letter from a student changes one teacher’s perception of the power of community.
In This Issue
Call and Response: What is Your Teacher Superpower?
We asked teachers in the Knowles community to reply to this prompt: “We know that what the non-teaching world thinks of as teacher superpowers are not the superpowers we teachers know to be effective in the classroom. So, we want to know: What is your teacher superpower?” Here are their responses.
Lessons in Language
A look at language use in my science classroom through an inquiry lens.
The Team, The Team, The Team
One teacher reflects on how a shared space impacted her team’s work together.
Teaching Climate Science and Resilience with Computer Simulations
Computer simulations are a powerful method for students to explore and understand how their actions can help mitigate the effects of climate change.
Now on Teacher Voice: Changing Careers
In this episode of Teacher Voice: The Podcast, we talk with teachers who have come to teaching after having a different career. What was it that drew these career changers to the teaching profession?
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About Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope strives to provide readers and writers a public space for discourse and dialogue about the knowledge and expertise of teachers and the complexity of our profession. We believe that teachers are well-positioned to improve education in their classrooms and beyond, and we know the power that storytelling and knowledge sharing can hold in the process of transforming educational outcomes for students.
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Revisit past issues of Kaleidoscope Journal, published biannually in the spring and fall.
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