- Research
How Often Should You Return to What You Just Taught?
Spaced practice, used strategically to reinforce foundational concepts, helps students develop deeper, more durable learning, research shows.109Your content has been saved!
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Things I’ve Stopped Doing After 20 Years of Teaching
‘I haven’t become interested in making school easier for students’: A classroom veteran shares how she works to remove unnecessary obstacles in order to focus students’ efforts on learning.140Your content has been saved!
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Using the Local Community as a Focus for Elementary Social Studies
This four-step process helps teachers develop standards-aligned instruction that fosters students’ connection to their home.131Your content has been saved!
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How to Bring Social Studies to Life
By investigating familiar places, analyzing visual data, and exploring perspectives from the past, students can build a deeper understanding of history and culture.2.6kYour content has been saved!
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Preschool Project-Based Learning Is Doable With These Mindsets
Teachers can use these tips to guide explorations of students’ natural interests and document their learning.283Your content has been saved!
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Planning an Engaging School Assembly
Modern classrooms are dynamic and interactive, and you can bring that energy to assemblies as well.271Your content has been saved!
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The 3 Questions at the Heart of Any Lesson
These reflections and tips can help teachers—especially new teachers—ensure that students will be actively engaged in learning.512Your content has been saved!
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Making Student Learning Visible in Math Class
The activity in the room may look like learning, but how can teachers be sure? These three interconnected strategies can help.904Your content has been saved!
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Supporting Students With Executive Function Challenges
A one-on-one intervention framework can help high school students with ADHD improve their executive function habits.1.4kYour content has been saved!
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4 Drama-Based Games That Work as Brain Breaks
These simple, fun games can be just the thing for a classroom with drifting attention and pent-up energy.727Your 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. - Student Voice
Using Quick, Regular Surveys to Help Students Feel Seen
High school teachers can use these ideas to quickly gather insights into how students are doing both academically and personally.59.7kYour 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. - 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.
- Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
5 Books That Help Students Process Complex Emotions
Elementary and middle school teachers can use these books to facilitate conversations about unsettling topics in a safe, supportive environment.1.6kYour content has been saved!
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Books That Support Nature-Centered Play
Preschool teachers can use these books to create rich learning experiences that engage students in problem-solving. - Literacy
How to Set Up a Book Quilting Bee
Elementary teachers can guide students to deepen their connections to each other by creating a paper quilt based on their favorite books. - Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
Activities That Build Students’ Feelings Vocabulary
Teachers across grade levels can foster students’ understanding of their emotional states to support interpersonal and academic success.1.1kYour content has been saved!
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Building Community Through Intentional Groupings
When students have ample opportunity to work with their classmates, they develop a sense of belonging that supports their growth.5.8kYour content has been saved!
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- English Language Learners
Looking Beyond Grades for Signs of Multilingual Students’ Progress
Taking participation, oral language expansion, and academic risk-taking into consideration can give teachers a broad sense of students’ growth. - Inquiry-Based Learning
5 Ways to Cultivate Deep Curiosity in Science Class
Teacher-tested strategies for sparking authentic curiosity in middle and high school science class—even when the curriculum is challenging and abstract. - Critical Thinking
5 Ways to Encourage Active Learning in Familiar Classroom Activities
How can teachers ensure that students are doing meaningful cognitive work? These tweaks to common routines like turn-and-talk set up conditions for deeper thinking. - Student Engagement
3 Middle School Labs You Can Do With Eggs
You don’t need fancy equipment to have students begin exploring topics like chemistry, cell biology, and scientific measurement.596Your 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.6.7kYour content has been saved!
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- 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.4.5kYour 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.
