Paul Emerich France

Educational Consultant

Paul Emerich France is a National Board–certified teacher and author of Reclaiming Personalized Learning and Humanizing Distance Learning. He spent three years in Silicon Valley opening schools for personalized learning and now works in Chicago as an educational consultant and writer. Paul has been published in ASCD’s Educational Leadership, Literacy Today, and EdSurge. Find him on Instagram.

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Online Learning
Using the Workshop Model to Foster Independence
The popular lesson framework can help keep remote teaching manageable while encouraging students to develop self-reliance.
Classroom Technology
A Framework for Thinking About Tech Integration
Apps and other digital tools should minimize complexity while prioritizing the authentic connections that are central to learning.
Online Learning
3 Tips for Humanizing Digital Pedagogy
An elementary teacher who has worked for an edtech start-up argues that it’s important now—with teachers and students working separately—to promote reflection and social connection as tools for learning.
School Climate
Supporting LGBTQ Students in Elementary School
Three strategies elementary school teachers can use to foster a sense of inclusion for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students.
Teaching Strategies
What Does a Million Look Like?
An effort to help third graders visualize large numbers turns into an ambitious project to build a model of a million.
Education Trends
Personalized Learning Isn’t About Tech
The key is giving students the decision-making tools they need to shape their own learning experiences.
Differentiated Instruction
3 Personalization Myths
Misconceptions of what personalized learning entails may stop teachers from attempting this worthwhile practice.

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.css-1sk4066:hover{background:#d1ecfa;}Using the Workshop Model to Foster Independence

A Framework for Thinking About Tech Integration

3 Tips for Humanizing Digital Pedagogy

Supporting LGBTQ Students in Elementary School

What Does a Million Look Like?

Personalized Learning Isn’t About Tech

3 Personalization Myths

Using the Workshop Model to Foster Independence