Student Voice
Discover how students’ input and expertise can help shape their classroom, their school, and ultimately their own learning and growth.
Creating a Kid-Led Hall of Fame for Books
Allowing elementary students to nominate and vote for their favorite books of the year can create a culture of celebration in the classroom.229Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Tackling the Question of Character Development in the Classroom
Using texts, projects, and classroom policies, some English teachers encourage self-reflection and teach social responsibility.336Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Propelling Students Beyond ‘Doing School’
Small but purposeful classroom shifts can nudge kids from passive learning into active participation, giving them a stake in the game.368Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.How to Engage Students the Moment They Enter the Classroom
Openers matter and set the tone for the lesson that follows. Here’s how to start strong when you need to.10.6kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Creating a Classroom That Is Student, not Teacher, Driven
Teachers can take a step back and create lessons that put student explorations at the center of learning.8.5kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.3 Ways to Support Academic Talk Among Students
By providing opportunities for students to share ideas with each other, teachers create space for them to develop social skills, retain more content, and deepen understanding of the material.
Student-Centered Learning: It Starts With the Teacher
Teachers encourage student-centered learning by allowing students to share in decisions, believing in their capacity to lead, and remembering how it feels to learn.24.3kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Reading the Virtual Classroom Is Hard, but It Can Be Done
Many teachers find it difficult to gauge how well students understand a lesson in an online classroom. A technique common among award-winning online instructors should help.11.1kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.60-Second Strategy: The Hot Seat
Providing the active listeners in the outer ring of a Socratic circle a way to jump in with their burning questions and comments keeps all students engaged.
6 Opening and Closing Routines for New Teachers
Check for understanding, manage your students, and build classroom community with these six opening and closing classroom routines.17.8kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Guiding Students to Lead Opening and Closing Activities
When high school students lead parts of a lesson, they build a strong sense of ownership of their classroom.462Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Empowering Pre-K Students Through Project-Based Learning
Young students can build agency and independence when given the opportunity to make decisions throughout the PBL process.How—and Why—to Introduce Visual Note-Taking to Your Students
Visual note-taking allows information to be processed by the brain in three different ways.7.3kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.60-Second Strategy: Participation Cards
A quick formative assessment tool also encourages all students—even shy ones—to participate in discussions.10.3kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.The Benefits of Reading for Fun
There’s a powerful academic impact, new research reveals, when students are voracious, voluntary readers.6.7kYour content has been saved!
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