- Technology Integration
What Happened When Our School Went Tech-Free for the Day
A full day of instruction without any technology provides an opportunity to assess what’s working (and what isn’t) while recalibrating toward practices that truly support student learning. - Student Engagement
Kicking Your Beginning-of-Year Activities Up a Notch
A teacher shares variations on covering the syllabus, creating class norms, and starting to build a community that he designed to boost student engagement from day one. - Technology Integration
Dylan Kane on Resetting His Classroom’s Relationship With Tech
After replacing Chromebook activities with paper and pencils, the middle school math teacher thoughtfully considers the costs and benefits. - Literacy
Using ‘I Do, We Do, You Do’ to Teach Reading With Expression
This gradual release of responsibility routine helps students hear what fluent, expressive reading sounds like, practice with support, and then read with expression on their own.Your content has been saved!
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Advantages of a Discussion-Centered Math Classroom
Before offering direct instruction, teachers can have students work together on a problem to help deepen their conceptual understanding and mathematical reasoning.203Your content has been saved!
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Using a Math Menu to Support Student Growth
This workshop-style approach guides students to practice problem-solving independently or with peers while the teacher provides small group or individual support.417Your content has been saved!
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Developing Real-World Skills in the Classroom
Small, intentional adjustments in instruction can help teachers foster students’ communication, critical thinking, and social and emotional skills. - Brain-Based Learning
There’s Still a Place for Memorization
When students have a rich store of readily retrievable knowledge, they’re able to more efficiently approach new content.520Your content has been saved!
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5 Ways to Connect With the Quiet Students in Your Classroom
These practical steps help students know that they are valued and encourage classroom participation in ways that reduce anxiety.2.2kYour content has been saved!
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Promoting Body Inclusivity to Strengthen Student Belonging
School leaders can use these three questions to foster a culture in which students feel valued for who they are and not how they look.943Your content has been saved!
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- Brain-Based Learning
4 Ways to Design Instruction for the Teenage Brain
These strategies, derived from Daniel Siegel’s book Brainstorm, can help you engage students’ attention and willingness to work. - The Research Is In
When Good Research Gets Implemented Badly
As brilliant ideas move from academic journals into classrooms, many important nuances are lost. - Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
Podcast: 3 Outstanding Community-Building Activities for Back to School
Kick off the new school year by building genuine connections among your students, helping them feel they belong (and matter) in your classroom community.
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15 Effective Ways to Manage Dysregulated Students
Teachers are seeing more big emotions and disruptive behavior in early elementary classrooms. These practical strategies can help youngsters reflect, reset, and repair. - New Teachers
9 Evidence-Based Ways to Improve Your Instructions
Vague directions, complicated explanations, and poorly sequenced tasks can overwhelm students. These research-backed strategies can help.
- Literacy
Exceptional Videos of Authors Reading Their Books Aloud for Young Students
These 14 books can help teachers celebrate student writing by weaving literacy and social and emotional learning into the school day. - Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
Teaching Students That Disagreement Doesn’t Have to Mean Disrespect
Elementary teachers can help students understand what it means to express differing opinions in a respectful way.3.5kYour content has been saved!
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Podcast: 3 Outstanding Community-Building Activities for Back to School
Kick off the new school year by building genuine connections among your students, helping them feel they belong (and matter) in your classroom community.
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When Good Research Gets Implemented Badly
As brilliant ideas move from academic journals into classrooms, many important nuances are lost. - Critical Thinking
Using Clubs to Foster Real-World Skills
Elementary teachers can create authentic contexts for students to practice critical thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
- Student Engagement
Shifting From ‘My Classroom’ to ‘Our Classroom’
Middle school teachers can support student agency by sharing ownership of the space, encouraging peer-to-peer teaching, and including students in decision-making. - Learning Environments
3 Unique, Versatile Seating Arrangements
These popular, teacher-tested desk configurations make it easier to shift between independent work, collaboration, and whole-class instruction. - Teaching Strategies
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.Your content has been saved!
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Fun Math and Science Activities for the Early Grades
Teachers can use students’ natural curiosity about animals to create lessons focused on mathematical concepts and science facts. - Literacy
A Case for Conferencing With Students Instead of Giving Written Feedback
Holding a 15-minute meeting with each student creates a chance to discuss what’s working in their writing and what they think about it.
- Administration & Leadership
Onboarding That Fosters Teachers’ Connection to Their School
By creating engaging modules that introduce the school’s culture and community, administrators can better prepare their new teachers for the year.524Your content has been saved!
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A Tool Kit for Mentor Teachers
These strategies facilitate a supportive working relationship that allows veteran teachers to share best practices and promote self-efficacy in new teachers.1.8kYour content has been saved!
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10 Underrated Tidbits of Advice for New Teachers
A veteran educator breaks down a bunch of little things you might not think of, like where to park and why you should keep the building key on you all day.1.6kYour content has been saved!
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A Classroom Veteran’s Advice for New Secondary Teachers
Lessons learned over the course of a two-decade career can help you feel more confident and prepared to start the school year.2.8kYour content has been saved!
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9 Evidence-Based Ways to Improve Your Instructions
Vague directions, complicated explanations, and poorly sequenced tasks can overwhelm students. These research-backed strategies can help.
