- Teaching Strategies
Using Student Reflections to Inform Your Small Groups
Using students’ perspectives on math classes to inform your grouping practices can positively impact how they see themselves as math learners.500Your content has been saved!
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Communicating Expectations to Make Instruction More Effective
When students understand how to interact with material and with each other, they can better engage with the lesson.233Your content has been saved!
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Science-Backed Studying Techniques
If high school students were never taught how to study, they’re going to keep being frustrated by using ineffective studying methods. Here’s how to help change that.493Your content has been saved!
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How to Get Teens Engaged as Readers
It can be tough to get on the same page when reading novels as a class, but with a few intentional practices, teachers can get teens reading in a way that’s equitable and enjoyable. - Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
Fostering Positive Mindsets Through Reflection
By engaging students in reflection activities, middle school teachers can help them recognize their potential and overcome challenges.364Your content has been saved!
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Integrating Math Into Elementary PE
Teachers can work together to reveal the ways that math concepts are already present in PE activities. - Culturally Responsive Teaching
4 Fun Ways to Teach Pre-K Students About Their Classmates’ Lunches
Young kids don’t always know what their peers are eating, and these ideas help them learn how to talk about it in a polite way. - Student Engagement
Expanding How We Think About Classroom Participation
Teachers can boost their students’ investment and confidence by cocreating a rubric that affirms the many ways to engage with a lesson.149Your content has been saved!
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How Can I Be Sure I Know What Students Are Learning?
A teacher who found that reams of data didn’t capture students’ learning made these three tweaks to his quizzes and tests. - Literacy
Question: What’s the Value of Teaching Shakespeare in High School?
A question from teacher Christina Torres Cawdery: What are your thoughts on teaching Shakespeare in high school?
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- The Research Is In
The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2024
It’s that time again—our yearly review of the research you should read, from the sneaky ways that inattention can spread in your classroom to the promises and perils of AI. - Administration & Leadership
How Tiered Supports Reduced Chronic Absenteeism at a New Jersey High School
A new leadership team cut down on absences by trying a variety of outreach strategies, including a targeted mentorship program.978Your content has been saved!
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2024 in Review, From Your Point of View
The inspiring debates and powerful ideas that energized, worried, and motivated you—our readers—this year. - Literacy
10 Remarkable Picture Books of 2024
The list features books with vibrant illustrations, engaging stories, and characters who know when to take risks—plus ideas for utilizing the books in the classroom. - Teaching Strategies
Using Student Reflections to Inform Your Small Groups
Using students’ perspectives on math classes to inform your grouping practices can positively impact how they see themselves as math learners.500Your content has been saved!
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- Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
Adding an Academic Focus to SEL in High School
Social, emotional, and academic development (SEAD) is a subtle shift from SEL, but it can make a big difference for students.372Your content has been saved!
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De-escalating the Brain, Not the Behavior
When students feel intense emotions, it’s important for teachers to meet them where they are and use strategies that guide them toward self-regulation. - Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
To Choose the Right SEL Program, Ask the Right Questions
CASEL has a free tool that can help school leaders sift through the many social and emotional learning programs to select a good fit for their school. - School Culture
Integrating Culturally Responsive Teaching and Trauma-Informed Practices
Using these techniques together helps teachers support all students and foster a sense of belonging.335Your content has been saved!
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Simple, Fun Ways to Support Students’ Communication Skills
Early elementary teachers can build engaging activities into the daily routine to encourage students to develop their conversational skills.
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Integrating Grammar and Creative Writing Lessons
Experimenting with different genres and grammar conventions allows students to see why we follow certain rules—and which ones they can break. - Literacy
Using Speech-to-Print to Boost Students’ Reading Skills
An evidence-based approach to literacy instruction can help students close grade-level reading gaps and improve their confidence.405Your content has been saved!
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Using Rhyming to Promote Phonemic Awareness in Elementary School
Playing with language can help students build necessary literacy skills and develop confidence as writers. - Literacy
10 Remarkable Picture Books of 2024
The list features books with vibrant illustrations, engaging stories, and characters who know when to take risks—plus ideas for utilizing the books in the classroom. - Literacy
How to Build a Literacy-Focused Community
Schools can support relationships among students, staff, and the wider community through engaging opportunities that promote literacy.327Your content has been saved!
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- Teacher Wellness
Supporting Teachers With Anxiety and Depression
Administrators can create a environment that helps all teachers feel a sense of belonging, even when they are struggling with stress, anxiety, or depression. - The Research Is In
Why Teachers Should Grade Less Frequently
Excessive grading stresses out kids and teachers, stifles innovative teaching, and fails to deliver as a true measurement of learning. - Teacher Wellness
Doing the Best You Can With the Time You Have
These strategies can help overwhelmed teachers prioritize tasks and find a balance between perfectionism and efficiency. - Administration & Leadership
How to Support Teachers’ Emotional Health
Emotional well-being plays a major role in teachers’ job satisfaction, and it’s essential that they have effective resources for support.540Your content has been saved!
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How to Maintain Your Focus During the School Year
Teaching with intention toward learning outcomes can be done in a focused way that prioritizes flexibility, inquiry, and relationships.519Your content has been saved!
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