- Student Voice
Making Schoolwide Use of Student Surveys
Detailed feedback from students about what helps them learn can shape schools’ instructional initiatives and goals.Your content has been saved!
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Collaborative Activities That Inspire Students to Write
Theater-style games allow students to work together to generate ideas and develop narratives.Your content has been saved!
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Taking a Deeper Look at Student Data
Acting as data detectives, school leaders and teachers can work together to better understand student needs.Your content has been saved!
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How Short, Low-Stakes Writing Challenges Build More Confident Writers
Using a tech tool that gamifies writing helps students grow together, celebrate each other’s work, and hone their emerging skills.Your content has been saved!
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Strategies That Empower Students to Answer Questions When Called Upon
When students feel like they don’t know the answer to a question, engaging in low-risk conversations can help them find their way.356Your content has been saved!
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Keeping Research Skills Relevant in the Age of AI
By focusing on research separately from writing, this assignment guides students to find quality primary and secondary sources.214Your content has been saved!
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5 Strategies to Help Students End the Year With Calm Confidence
Elementary teachers can help ease the stress of the final weeks of school by teaching students SEL skills they can use anywhere.283Your content has been saved!
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High-Quality Learning With Small-Scale PBL
STEM teachers can try this five-day project-based learning cycle to give students a meaningful experience on a short timeline.376Your content has been saved!
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5 Strategies to Help Neurodivergent Students Find Success in Math
With a few instructional shifts, teachers can create classrooms that better encourage confidence and academic growth.345Your content has been saved!
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Using Technology to Help Students Develop College and Career Skills
A variety of tech tools can help students gain experience with formal business practices related to communication and time management.286Your content has been saved!
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Why and How I’m Limiting Screen Time in My Classroom
Digital tools have uses, but they can also risk reducing the productive struggle students need to build critical thinking skills. - Student Engagement
Attention Is Not a Trait—It’s a Teachable Skill
Teachers can use these six strategies to boost students’ ability to work with sustained focus for increasing amounts of time. - Classroom Management
A 6-Step Approach to Proactive Classroom Management
This framework helps teachers decide which behaviors to ignore and which ones need to be addressed—and how to best address them.19.2kYour content has been saved!
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Getting Teens Hooked on Books With First Chapter Fridays
By reading aloud in middle and high school, teachers can expose students to new ideas, genres, and authors—and get them excited about books. - Research
Angela Duckworth: Where There’s a Will There’s a Way Out
The renowned author and researcher explains how student willpower stacks up against powerful tools like cell phones and AI chatbots.
- Integrated Studies
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.870Your 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.1.6kYour 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.709Your 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.1.5kYour 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.
- English Language Learners
7 Ways to Help English Learners Speak Up in Class
Strategies like extending wait time and having students write before speaking create conditions for English learners to feel confident participating in discussions.2.7kYour content has been saved!
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Making Space for Students’ Home Languages in the Classroom
Teachers don’t need to speak students’ home languages to use them as a resource for learning and creating a sense of belonging.5.1kYour content has been saved!
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Who Will Your Students Be in 2040?
Guiding English learners to imagine their future selves and role-play a class reunion promotes research and speaking skills.2.5kYour content has been saved!
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A Poetry-Writing Exercise to Support English Learners
In this lesson, high school students write ‘I am’ poems in their home language and then translate them into English, building crucial literacy skills.2.4kYour content has been saved!
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3 Ways to Use MagicSchool to Support English Language Learners
The AI tools in the popular platform can guide students to practice language skills and receive feedback while working independently.11.1kYour content has been saved!
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- Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
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.10.4kYour 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.2kYour 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.52.5kYour content has been saved!
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12 Graphic Novels About Mental Health
These books help students explore conditions that they or their peers may be experiencing, such as depression and anxiety. - Mental Health
5 Strategies to Deescalate Behavior When Students Are Dysregulated
Students may lack the skills to control their behavior when they’re upset, and these steps can help build self-regulation.9.4kYour content has been saved!
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