- Homework
How to Encourage Students to Turn In Quality Work
To help prevent hastily completed assignments, teachers can share clear expectations with students and offer manageable timelines.Your content has been saved!
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More than Criticism: Feedback Strategies that Lead to Independent Learning
Putting the onus on students to generate solutions sends a clear signal that learning is ultimately the student's job.Your content has been saved!
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How to Make One-on-One ELA Conferences Work
Middle school teachers and students can both benefit from individual conferences, and this routine makes them manageable. - Communication Skills
60-Second Strategy: Flash Philosophy
In this quick warm-up that sharpens critical thinking, students wrestle with moral and ethical questions—while also gaining communication and writing skills.Your content has been saved!
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Collaborative Classroom Observations
A teacher shares how she hopes administrators will approach the task of observing her classes and giving feedback based on what they see.104Your content has been saved!
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Assessing as You Teach
These formative assessment strategies for the early grades can save time as you, and your students, discover where they are in the learning process. - New Teachers
5 Ways to Effectively Support Preservice Teachers
While trainees are in practicum, it’s important for mentors to provide clear feedback, moral support, and practical demonstrations. - Student Engagement
Interactive Note-Taking in Social Studies Class
Incorporating frequent questions and student discussion into direct instruction helps boost engagement with the material.173Your content has been saved!
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Supporting Constructive Student Behaviors in Elementary School
These tips can help improve school culture, with fewer students sent to the principal’s office.154Your content has been saved!
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How to Plan and Then Run a Seamless IEP Meeting
A longtime special education teacher passes along his step-by-step guide for all parts of the IEP process.160Your content has been saved!
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- 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.1kYour 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.879Your 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. - 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.606Your 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.
- 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.495Your content has been saved!
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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. - 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.424Your 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.
- New Teachers
Preparing Future Educators for Their Careers
Student teaching advisers and students share ideas for making teacher preparation programs more relevant.163Your content has been saved!
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5 Ways to Support New School Leaders
Structured opportunities for professional learning go a long way to help ensure the long-term success of new administrators.191Your content has been saved!
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How Teacher Leaders Can Tangibly Improve Their PLCs
This four-step process can help teacher teams successfully transition from the planning phase to the action phase.326Your content has been saved!
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Key Strategies for Improving Struggling Schools
Administrators can use an approach focused on transparency and data-driven action to improve academic outcomes in low-performing schools.277Your 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.523Your content has been saved!
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- Student Wellness
9 Ways to Support Diverse Learning Needs in Physical Education
Teachers can adapt activities to make PE inclusive for all students, including those with physical and/or learning disabilities. - Learning Environments
Creating Safe, Joyful Outdoor Learning Opportunities
Schools in urban areas can repurpose some outdoor spaces to set up chances for kids to learn beyond the classroom. - Research
Research-Backed Ways to Support Students Who Stutter
A compilation of evidence-based classroom strategies to help kids who stutter feel welcomed. - 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. - Student Wellness
How Schools Can Help the ‘Anxious Generation’ of Students
Banning cell phones, refocusing on play, and involving parents can have a beneficial effect on students’ mental health and well-being.393Your content has been saved!
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