- Critical Thinking
Building Scientific Thinking in Middle School With a 10-Minute Bell Ringer
When you give students the opportunity to build the same science skills day after day, they start thinking like scientists.Your content has been saved!
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Ensuring That PD Sessions Really Help Teachers Improve
Leaders can support teachers’ growth by working to narrow the gap between learning a strategy and practicing it enough to make it a habit.Your content has been saved!
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How to Successfully Screw Something Up
Taking these steps can help even experienced school administrators learn from past mistakes and become more effective in their role.Your content has been saved!
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Making Phoneme-Grapheme Mapping Hands-On
Using tokens to connect sounds to letters helps emerging readers get the repetition they need to build foundational literacy skills.Your content has been saved!
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4 Ways to Use Technology to Make Student Thinking Visible in the Elementary Grades
Simple video and audio recording tools allow students to capture, share, and reflect on their learning. - Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
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.149Your content has been saved!
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Creatively Pairing Texts to Support Students’ Engagement With Reading
High school teachers can focus on specific themes that connect works in different genres to create an engaging reading experience. - Critical Thinking
Teaching Scientific Thinking With a Good Old-Fashioned Notebook
Middle school students can build essential science skills by recording their observations, their questions, and their findings—all in one place.417Your content has been saved!
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Setting Up Environmental Challenges to Boost Students’ Sense of Community
From outdoor cleanups to plastics reuse, an environmental challenge can foster school pride and students’ appreciation for where they live.269Your content has been saved!
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Responding to Students’ Questions With (Better) Questions
When students run into problems, it can be tempting to immediately provide help, but guiding them to engage in productive struggle is more effective in the long term.447Your content has been saved!
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- Literacy
60-Second Strategy: Waterfall Reading
This choral reading activity builds fluency and confidence, especially for students who feel overwhelmed at the prospect of reading out loud alone.94.7kYour content has been saved!
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15 Ways to Use Novelty to Boost Student Engagement
These activities give teachers opportunities to present students with learning experiences that pique their curiosity. - Administration & Leadership
Making Sure Every Child in School Feels Known
Decades of research underscore the benefits of student belonging. Here’s how five school leaders create systems to put that into action. - Teaching Strategies
23 Bell Ringers Teachers Love
We asked teachers for their favorite ways to start class. Nearly 400 responded—here are some of their best ideas. - Media Literacy
Will These 6 Sneaky Charts, Maps, and Graphs Deceive Your Students?
In a media landscape overrun with slick data visualizations, students must develop the skills to scrutinize what’s presented to them as fact—or risk being led astray.
- AI in Education
The Case for Math That Connects to Students’ Lives
From algorithms to probability and game theory, the essential math shaping students’ futures is mostly missing in K-12 education, argues education advocate Ted Dintersmith. - Assessment
17 Ways to End Class That Make Tomorrow Easier
The final minutes of class can be future-oriented—use these closing activities to consolidate learning, gather feedback, or spark curiosity about tomorrow. - Assessment
Using Evidence of Students’ Learning Beyond Grades
Grades are only a starting point for providing appropriate challenges that help students deepen their understanding and make meaningful progress.2kYour content has been saved!
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5 Ways to Make Assessments More Accessible Without Lowering Expectations
Teachers can remove unnecessary barriers in designing assessments that will give them solid information about what students know. - AI in Education
Is Your Assignment Vulnerable to AI?
Instead of starting with the question ‘can AI do this?,’ it may be more helpful to ask, ‘What thinking is required of students?’5.6kYour content has been saved!
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- English Language Learners
How to Determine a Multilingual Student’s Proficiency With Academic English
English learners who understand an academic concept may still struggle to articulate their understanding, and these scaffolds can help.7.7kYour content has been saved!
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Schoolwide Support for Multilingual Learners
School leaders have a key role to play in ensuring that all teachers are able to deliver instruction that promotes multilingual students’ growth.2.3kYour content has been saved!
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Helping Multilingual Students Adjust to a New High School
Teachers can positively impact five factors that contribute to students’ sense of belonging: support networks, language, participation opportunities, safety, and recognition.2.2kYour content has been saved!
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8 Ways to Help English Learners Improve Their Digital Fluency
The fact that software applications have common functions in different formats may not be obvious to students also navigating a new language, and these scaffolds can help.2.5kYour content has been saved!
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Using Technology to Promote Math Talk
By listening to recordings of students solving math problems, teachers can determine their next steps, such as how to pair students up.
- Classroom Management
A Rubric for Assessing Your Classroom Management Strengths and Weaknesses
This detailed rubric enables teachers to methodically reflect on their routines in order to understand the status of their class. - Learning Environments
Rethinking Classroom Seating With Caves, Campfires, and Watering Holes
An unconventional desk arrangement quickly and easily allows for three different types of classroom work—solo, small group, and whole-class instruction. - Learning Environments
Tips for Classroom Temperature Management
Teachers can use these ideas to create a more comfortable learning environment for their students and themselves.796Your content has been saved!
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Dylan Kane Went Tech-Free for a Year—Here’s What He Learned
After replacing Chromebook activities with paper and pencils, the middle school math teacher thoughtfully considers the costs and benefits. - 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.
