- Literacy
An Approach to Structured Literacy for Older Struggling Readers
Teachers can use AI to generate age-appropriate leveled texts that encourage reading skills development.Your content has been saved!
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Creating a Curriculum-Based Board Game From Scratch
Instructions for middle and high school teachers who are interested in assigning their students an engaging group project.Your content has been saved!
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The Most Overlooked Leadership Skill
Leaders can prioritize building the emotional intelligence needed to support teachers and improve school culture.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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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.Your 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.872Your 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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Helping Teachers and Administrators Clarify Instructional Feedback
Example questions and action steps for educators who want to avoid guesswork and misconceptions.1.2kYour content has been saved!
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A Simple Science Activity to Encourage Close Observation
Teachers don’t need expensive equipment or elaborate planning to engage their students in a meaningful exploration.
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Why Writing by Hand Beats Typing (in 6 Charts)
Typing may be faster, but the research shows that handwriting engages our brains in richer, more meaningful ways. - School Culture
The IKEA Effect: You Built It, You’re Invested in It
People become more invested when they help shape the systems around them, and teachers and school leaders can use that to create a strong school culture. - Assessment
Moving Beyond Traditional Lab Reports in High School
A teacher who wanted to shift from assessing compliance to assessing students’ thinking shares the tweaks she made in her assignments. - Literacy
Targeted Exercises That Develop Students’ Revision Skills
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. - Education Trends
The 2025–26 School Year in Review, From Your Point of View
Spirited discussions, light bulb moments, and the occasional hot take: Here’s what got you—our educator community—buzzing this year.
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6 Ways to Implement Integrated Studies as a Music Teacher
Adding themes from different content areas into music lessons helps maximize learning and provides opportunities for collaboration with other educators.962Your content has been saved!
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Teaching Students How to Synthesize Using Art and Music
Middle and high school teachers can use these ideas to guide students to engage with and analyze diverse sets of source documents.1.7kYour content has been saved!
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How to Adapt ‘Julius Caesar’ for Upper Elementary Students
Immersing students in the history and politics of ancient Rome helps them come to a rich understanding of Shakespeare’s play.759Your content has been saved!
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Using Multigenre Picture Books in Middle School
Books that convey nonfiction topics through poems and images help students learn to process information, a skill they can transfer to other texts.1.6kYour content has been saved!
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Combining Science and Music for Deeper Learning
Elementary music teachers can incorporate scientific concepts into lessons so students get a multilayered learning experience.
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The Benefits of Teaching Students to Use Books for Research
Having high school students spend time reading books shows what research can be like without digital distractions—and many prefer it.1.7kYour content has been saved!
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Increasing Students’ Opportunities to Respond Boosts Thinking and Engagement
Students will participate more if you give them frequent, low-stakes chances to interact with content all throughout a lesson. - Literacy
Teaching Students How to Read Films Like Literature
High school students can benefit from lessons on how films use visual language to express classic devices like characterization and symbolism.2.1kYour content has been saved!
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Improving Students’ Oral Reading Fluency in Middle School
Teachers in all content areas can create opportunities for fluency practice to help get students reading fluidly and expressively. - Literacy
Targeted Exercises That Develop Students’ Revision Skills
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.
- Teacher Wellness
Podcast: 11 Ways to Improve Teacher Well-Being
Laurie Santos, the renowned Yale professor, cognitive scientist, and host of The Happiness Lab, shares a science-backed toolkit for busy educators in need of a wellness tune-up.
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Helping Students Feel Safe in an Uncertain World
There’s no magic strategy for living through hard times, but educators can support students by creating spaces that feel safe and joyful.1.9kYour content has been saved!
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How to Teach Kids to Be Kind to Themselves
Kindness toward others is often taught in elementary school, but it’s also important for students to extend it to themselves.10.9kYour content has been saved!
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How Tech Tools Can Simplify and Improve Your Multi-Tiered System of Supports
This middle school made gains in supporting students by setting up shared spreadsheets, digital referral forms, and predictable routines.2.1kYour content has been saved!
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The Research on Protecting Teacher Well-Being
Laurie Santos, host of the popular podcast The Happiness Lab, on how our minds deceive us, why "time affluence" matters, and what we can do to reset our parasympathetic nervous system.53.4kYour content has been saved!
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