- Student Engagement
4 Ways to Guide Disengaged Students to Try Again
There are many reasons why students disengage in school. The tips here are not a panacea, but both research and teacher experience demonstrate that they can help.108Your content has been saved!
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How Administrators and Veteran Educators Can Team Up to Mentor New Teachers
School leaders can support their new teachers by setting up a structured series of discussions and classroom observation sessions.103Your content has been saved!
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Translating Standards Into Student-Friendly Terms
Designing an effective assessment requires first deconstructing the standards into clear criteria of success that students can understand.104Your content has been saved!
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Making Learning More Playful for Teens
A sense of joy, when combined with rigor and purpose, creates a classroom community where middle and high school students thrive.Your content has been saved!
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Using Error Analysis to Boost Engagement and Student Talk in Math
Examining mistakes gives students a chance to discuss misconceptions openly and find new approaches to solving problems.114Your content has been saved!
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Guiding Preschoolers to Create Shared Classroom Norms
When children have a role in creating class agreements, they begin to see themselves as active participants in shaping their community.109Your content has been saved!
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4 Ways to Increase Your Leadership Team’s Problem-Solving Capacity
Both the collective talents of team members and robust team processes are needed to address the multidimensional challenges schools confront today.135Your content has been saved!
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How to Develop Self-Reliant Learners
Supporting students in developing self-regulation, executive function skills, and self-agency can improve their ability to succeed in school.185Your content has been saved!
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Real, Fake, or Deepfake? This Lesson Helps Students Decide
Students examine videos and online information to investigate what is real and what is not in this engaging lesson.200Your content has been saved!
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A Fred Rogers–Inspired Approach to SEL
Elementary teachers can focus on these fundamentals of child development to support social and emotional learning.
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- The Research Is In
7 Research-Backed Ways to Boost Working Memory in Math
Short-term memory is finite and fills up quickly. Here are 7 ways we can free up space for clearer-headed mathematical thinking. - Teacher Collaboration
A One-Page Chart to Support Every Student Every Day
Teachers can use this spreadsheet—free template included—to track accommodations and strengths to keep students on track and motivated. - Teacher Wellness
How I’ve Sustained a Long Teaching Career
A veteran teacher shares three things she keeps in mind to avoid burnout and maintain her love for the profession.2.5kYour content has been saved!
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15 Tips to Align Your Teaching With Brain Science
A comprehensive guide to applying the latest insight from neuroscience, psychology, and cognitive science to improve your instruction. - ChatGPT & Generative AI
8 AI Tools That Can Help Generate Ideas for Your Classroom
These educator-tested platforms can help you create instructional materials and develop ideas for lessons—and they require little to no tech savvy.
- ChatGPT & Generative AI
AI Tool Demo: Handling Teaching’s Tough Tasks With Brisk
This popular browser extension addresses two teacher needs—quickly generating customized sub plans and tracking the evolution of student writing assignments.Your content has been saved!
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Using AI to Support Universal Design for Learning in Elementary School
These tech tools provide elementary teachers with ways to differentiate instruction, increasing student engagement and choice.328Your content has been saved!
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Bringing Together Cosplay and Coding in High School
In this class, students learn engineering skills as well as costume design and event planning, culminating in a convention that’s open to the whole community. - Communication Skills
How Podcasting in the Classroom Boosts Communication Skills
When students practice their oral communication skills by making podcasts, their writing, speaking, and storytelling abilities blossom.Your content has been saved!
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8 AI Tools That Can Help Generate Ideas for Your Classroom
These educator-tested platforms can help you create instructional materials and develop ideas for lessons—and they require little to no tech savvy.
- Critical Thinking
9 Ways to Teach Spatial Thinking Across the Curriculum
Strong spatial skills are critical for everyday tasks and across many careers—they also strengthen students’ math performance.228Your content has been saved!
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Connecting Science to Problem-Solving in the Real World
Tackling authentic problems in science class helps students see the link between the lab and the challenges facing our world—and builds multiple skills along the way.Your content has been saved!
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Fostering an Entrepreneurial Mindset in Middle School
Having students design their own brands, logos, and podcasts gives them the opportunity to develop problem-solving and creativity skills.190Your content has been saved!
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Integrating STEM Across the Curriculum
Equipping students with transferrable skills such as innovative thinking and problem-solving can have a powerful effect on learning.191Your content has been saved!
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Are Robots Friends or Foes?
A project-based learning unit asks second-grade students this and other questions in an engaging hands-on experience.175Your content has been saved!
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- Mental Health
How to Cope With the Tragic Loss of a Student
Two school counselors share advice for educators on how to support students when a peer passes away.164Your content has been saved!
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Recognizing and Addressing Emotional Overload to Better Support Students
Teachers may misinterpret behaviors as laziness when their students are actually working beyond their emotional limit.252Your content has been saved!
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3 Ways to Help Students Build Attention Stamina
These simple tools and strategies can improve focus in the classroom. - Mental Health
Supporting the Mental Health Needs of High-Achieving Students
Some students who are thriving academically struggle with imposter syndrome and would benefit from specific supports.444Your content has been saved!
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5 Ways for School Leaders to Support Teachers’ Parental Leave
These tips can help ensure that on-leave teachers, their students, and long-term substitutes have the tools and backing they need.207Your content has been saved!
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