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Protecting Your Time and Attention as a New Leader
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Uncovering Emotion in Shakespeare Texts
High school students can more confidently tackle complex language by focusing on how a character is feeling.Your content has been saved!
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Teachers can use AI to generate age-appropriate leveled texts that encourage reading skills development.Your content has been saved!
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Focusing Attention With a Student-Led Recall Activity
By providing every student with an opportunity to actively remember yesterday’s lesson, teachers can set the stage for today’s success.Your content has been saved!
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Creating a Curriculum-Based Board Game From Scratch
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The Most Overlooked Leadership Skill
Leaders can prioritize building the emotional intelligence needed to support teachers and improve school culture.148Your content has been saved!
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4 Civics Activities for Elementary Students
These exercises can help young students care about others and work to solve real problems affecting their classrooms and communities.191Your content has been saved!
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Weekly Phone Calls Keep School Priorities on Track
Administrators can get valuable one-on-one time with superintendents and keep their focus on identified goals through consistent, quick check-ins. - Student Engagement
Using Reader’s Theater to Boost Engagement
Teachers can use this performance-based activity to build students’ passion for reading.1.1kYour content has been saved!
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Turning Lesson Ideas Into Usable Resources With AI
A second-grade teacher shares her process for quickly developing new lesson plans and other materials.594Your content has been saved!
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Across grades 3–12, students often struggle to revise their writing. Having them focus on one issue at a time helps them develop this invaluable skill.
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Giving Students Feedback That Helps Them Grow
New teachers in particular may benefit from trying this four-part framework for guiding students to improve their writing.3.2kYour content has been saved!
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Moving Beyond Traditional Lab Reports in High School
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Podcast: Rethinking Zeros in the Grade Book
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Taking a Deeper Look at Student Data
Acting as data detectives, school leaders and teachers can work together to better understand student needs.1.3kYour content has been saved!
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Using Technology to Promote Math Talk
By listening to recordings of students solving math problems, teachers can determine their next steps, such as how to pair students up. - English Language Learners
7 Ways to Help English Learners Speak Up in Class
Strategies like extending wait time and having students write before speaking create conditions for English learners to feel confident participating in discussions.3.2kYour content has been saved!
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Making Space for Students’ Home Languages in the Classroom
Teachers don’t need to speak students’ home languages to use them as a resource for learning and creating a sense of belonging.5.7kYour content has been saved!
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Who Will Your Students Be in 2040?
Guiding English learners to imagine their future selves and role-play a class reunion promotes research and speaking skills.2.6kYour content has been saved!
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A Poetry-Writing Exercise to Support English Learners
In this lesson, high school students write ‘I am’ poems in their home language and then translate them into English, building crucial literacy skills.2.6kYour content has been saved!
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60-Second Strategy: Question the Character
Having students engage with the characters they’re reading about reveals whether they read the chapter—but better yet, it improves their literary analysis skills and elevates classroom discussion.Your content has been saved!
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Well-written multiple-choice items can deepen thinking and learning, rather than simply challenging students to recall basic facts. - Formative Assessment
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Making the Most of Learning Objectives
Asking students to unpack learning objectives with a quick routine helps them connect prior knowledge and feel more prepared for the day’s lesson.27.8kYour content has been saved!
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How to Build Review Activities Into Daily Lessons
When teachers revisit earlier lessons in small, structured ways, students feel more confident on assessments—and retain the content better.8.5kYour content has been saved!
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