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Using Clubs to Foster Real-World Skills
Elementary teachers can create authentic contexts for students to practice critical thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving skills. - Professional Learning
3 Ways to Celebrate Teachers’ Professional Learning
When teachers aren’t worried about punitive or evaluative measures, they can experience meaningful improvement in their instructional practices.376Your content has been saved!
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Streamlining Instructional Coaching With Tech for Systemwide Change
With the right tools, you can elevate coaching from an individual practice and turn it into a school improvement engine.682Your content has been saved!
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Using Watercolors to Teach Mood and Tone
When students approach abstract concepts through hands-on activities like painting, their literary analysis skills improve—and their writing does, too.Your content has been saved!
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Avoiding Social Media Burnout as a Teacher
By approaching online platforms with intention, teachers can keep up with new ideas without draining all their attention and energy. - Curriculum Planning
Fostering Global Competency in Your Classroom
Teachers in all content areas can offer students pathways to consider the roles they will play as members of an interconnected global community.872Your content has been saved!
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Setting Up Constraints to Inspire Creative Thinking
When students have less to work with, they approach STEM challenges in new and different ways. - Administration & Leadership
Protecting Your Time and Attention as a New Leader
These four mental models can help school leaders prioritize their responsibilities, identifying what not to do in order to be more effective.2.1kYour content has been saved!
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Uncovering Emotion in Shakespeare Texts
High school students can more confidently tackle complex language by focusing on how a character is feeling.943Your content has been saved!
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An Approach to Structured Literacy for Older Struggling Readers
Teachers can use AI to generate age-appropriate leveled texts that encourage reading skills development.5.3kYour content has been saved!
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The IKEA Effect: You Built It, You’re Invested in It
People become more invested when they help shape the systems around them, and teachers and school leaders can use that to create a strong school culture. - Literacy
Using Movement as an Instructional Tool in Literacy
When kids are able to move, they learn better. Here's how to give young students more opportunities to move throughout lessons. - Education Trends
The 2025–26 School Year in Review, From Your Point of View
Spirited discussions, light bulb moments, and the occasional hot take: Here’s what got you—our educator community—buzzing this year. - Teacher Wellness
Simple Nervous System Regulation Practices for Teachers
These micro-routines for adults are grounded in neuroscience and generally take only one to two minutes each.6.4kYour content has been saved!
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Improving Students’ Oral Reading Fluency in Middle School
Teachers in all content areas can create opportunities for fluency practice to help get students reading fluidly and expressively.
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Turning Lesson Ideas Into Usable Resources With AI
A second-grade teacher shares her process for quickly developing new lesson plans and other materials.1.5kYour content has been saved!
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A Framework for Effective Literacy Support in Middle School
Screening tools and diagnostic assessments can aid educators in setting up a Multi-Tiered System of Support so that students reach appropriate grade-level reading benchmarks.2.4kYour content has been saved!
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How to Nurture Community in an Online School
Fully online schools can use these ideas to foster an environment where students and staff feel a real sense of connection.842Your 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. - College Readiness
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.1.5kYour content has been saved!
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Intentional Differentiation Informed by Data
Teachers can increase the odds of setting students up for success by reviewing a variety of learner data as part of lesson prep.1.6kYour content has been saved!
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Podcast: One Task, Many Doors: A More Effective Way to Differentiate
Three low-prep ways to differentiate instruction that keep kids learning together.
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A Streamlined Strategy for Differentiating Instruction
This framework for offering students choices helps teachers personalize learning opportunities without creating separate lessons for each student.7.6kYour content has been saved!
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How to Scaffold Learning and Maintain Rigor
A myriad of tools and strategies that support learning and student agency are also essential to maintaining rigor.9.3kYour content has been saved!
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How to Use Hexagonal Thinking in Any Content Area
This engaging activity supports students in organizing their thoughts in a multidimensional way, helping to cement their understanding.
- Administration & Leadership
The Most Overlooked Leadership Skill
Leaders can prioritize building the emotional intelligence needed to support teachers and improve school culture.2.1kYour content has been saved!
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Weekly Phone Calls Keep School Priorities on Track
Administrators can get valuable one-on-one time with superintendents and keep their focus on identified goals through consistent, quick check-ins. - Professional Learning
Helping Teachers and Administrators Clarify Instructional Feedback
Example questions and action steps for educators who want to avoid guesswork and misconceptions.2kYour content has been saved!
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Leadership Lessons They Don’t Teach You in Grad School
Coursework provides a vital and necessary foundation, but it can’t offer the experience that comes with the actual job.2.1kYour content has been saved!
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Using Staff Surveys to Make Your Meetings Better
Getting teachers’ input on upcoming decisions before you meet saves time and energy—leaving everyone happier.
