- Administration & Leadership
What Can School Leaders Do to Support a Struggling Teacher?
Teachers often feel alone facing an issue in the classroom, and maintaining lots of points of contact can help them open the door to offers of support.Your content has been saved!
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5 Simple Ways to Make Lessons More Engaging
Elementary teachers can use these ideas to kick off lessons with an element of fun that serves the learning goals.Your content has been saved!
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How to Create an ‘Operational Scope and Sequence’ to Track Important Work Across Your School
A principal shares the templates for a document that her team created to aid in planning, and in tracking how and when decisions were made.Your content has been saved!
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Building Better Responses With the RACE Writing Strategy
A simple four-step routine helps young writers organize their ideas, support their thinking with evidence, and make their writing more meaningful to their readers.Your content has been saved!
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Can AI Pass as Shakespeare? Let Students Be the Judge
By prompting an AI chatbot to craft a Shakespearean sonnet, then auditing its fidelity to the form, students get a crash course in close reading (and a healthy dose of AI skepticism).Your content has been saved!
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Setting Up the Conditions for Productive Math Conversations
When elementary students learn some tools for discussing math, they can start to see it as more than just quickly getting to the right answer.125Your content has been saved!
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What an Experienced Teacher Notices in the First 5 Minutes of Class
Maintaining a flexible approach when students’ needs and behaviors shift allows teachers to respond in effective ways that support learning. - Student Engagement
Using Precise, Positive Praise in the Classroom
Explicitly acknowledging replicable behaviors is an effective way to encourage all students to meet expectations.805Your content has been saved!
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Strategies for Promoting Students’ Sense of Belonging That Fit in a Busy Schedule
The need for a strong sense of community continues even after students have settled into a routine.550Your content has been saved!
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A Continuum of Play-Based Learning Approaches for Pre-K Students
Teachers can use this framework to implement various types of play depending on how each complements the day’s lessons.330Your content has been saved!
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- Literacy
How to Lock In New Vocabulary in 10 Minutes a Day
A weeklong vocabulary routine with movement and repetition helps students go beyond definitions and put new words to use in conversation and writing. - Student Engagement
9 Strategies for Tackling Student Work Refusal
Teacher-tested tactics to get learning back on track when students refuse to do the work. - Brain-Based Learning
What to Do When Students Think They Already Know Something
If students think they’ve mastered something, they have little reason to make an effort. These strategies help them see the limits of their knowledge. - The Research Is In
How Good Teachers Get Even Better
Like elite athletes and musicians, even outstanding teachers have room to grow. Here are 6 research-based ways to keep sharpening your skills. - Brain-Based Learning
Podcast: The Extraordinary Impact of Drawing to Learn
In Selim Tlili’s high school classroom, sketching isn’t about artistic ability. It’s a simple—but powerful—tactic for boosting student recall and comprehension.
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- Teaching Strategies
Teaching Multiple-Choice Questions as Their Own Genre of Text
Exploring the expectations of multiple-choice questions with students is effective test prep—and helps them develop critical thinking skills.548Your content has been saved!
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The Case for Math That Connects to Students’ Lives
From algorithms to probability and game theory, the essential math shaping students’ futures is mostly missing in K-12 education, argues education advocate Ted Dintersmith. - Assessment
17 Ways to End Class That Make Tomorrow Easier
The final minutes of class can be future-oriented—use these closing activities to consolidate learning, gather feedback, or spark curiosity about tomorrow. - Assessment
Using Evidence of Students’ Learning Beyond Grades
Grades are only a starting point for providing appropriate challenges that help students deepen their understanding and make meaningful progress.2.6kYour content has been saved!
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5 Ways to Make Assessments More Accessible Without Lowering Expectations
Teachers can remove unnecessary barriers in designing assessments that will give them solid information about what students know.
- Brain-Based Learning
A 4-Step Plan for Promoting Metacognition in Middle School
Thinking about how they think helps students develop an essential skill that supports their academic success and independence. - Brain-Based Learning
Quiz: What Do You Know About Memory and Retention?
A fun, 12-question quiz that tests your knowledge of how learned material is stored and recalled.21.3kYour content has been saved!
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What to Do When Students Think They Already Know Something
If students think they’ve mastered something, they have little reason to make an effort. These strategies help them see the limits of their knowledge. - Brain-Based Learning
Podcast: The Extraordinary Impact of Drawing to Learn
In Selim Tlili’s high school classroom, sketching isn’t about artistic ability. It’s a simple—but powerful—tactic for boosting student recall and comprehension.
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Attention-Friendly Teaching Techniques in Secondary Classrooms
Teachers can use what we know about attention spans to draw students in and keep them engaged in lessons.
- Formative Assessment
4 Ways to Help Students Engage With Feedback
Middle and high school students benefit from having time to review and reflect on feedback on their formative assessment performance.3.8kYour content has been saved!
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60-Second Strategy: Science Word Sorts
A flexible warm-up where students work together to group related vocabulary words or concepts can cement their understanding—and help teachers assess prior knowledge. - Formative Assessment
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. - Formative Assessment
How to Create Highly Effective, Discussion-Worthy Multiple-Choice Questions
Well-written multiple-choice items can deepen thinking and learning, rather than simply challenging students to recall basic facts. - Formative Assessment
Implementing a ‘Halftime Ticket’ to Gauge Understanding
Teachers can borrow the idea of halftime from sports by shifting exit tickets to earlier in the class, assessing how well students understand a lesson—and what they need to get the win.
