- Differentiated Instruction
4 High-Quality Math Enrichment Tasks
These low-floor, high-ceiling problems support differentiation, challenging all students by encouraging flexible thinking and allowing for multiple solution paths.Your 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.Your content has been saved!
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Making Committee Work More Efficient
Principals can help teachers actively contribute to schoolwide projects by shifting the structure of their staff meetings.Your content has been saved!
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7 Low-Stakes Formative Assessment Activities
Building frequent checks for understanding into lessons can help teachers spot learning gaps in real time and adjust instruction before moving on.Your content has been saved!
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AI Transparency Surveys: A Tool for Navigating Student Choices Together
A high school English teacher wondered: What happens when students can openly discuss AI boundaries, then reflect on their own use through a simple survey?Your content has been saved!
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Using Anchor Tasks as a Strong Foundation for Daily Learning
Quick, predictable, and consistent activities provide a foundation to get students thinking and ready to learn.320Your content has been saved!
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Empowering Students to Give and Receive Feedback Without Defensiveness
Teachers can equip students with the emotional resilience and self-regulation tools they need to navigate constructive criticism.312Your content has been saved!
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4 Ways to Make Story Problems More Engaging and Accessible
Four simple strategies—beginning with an image, previewing vocabulary, omitting the numbers, and offering number sets—can have a big impact on learning.237Your content has been saved!
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Taking Your Read-Alouds From Interactive to Immersive
Story time is a highlight of the day for many young students, and teachers can boost engagement even further by adding costumes and sound effects.522Your content has been saved!
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Creating a Culture of Feedback in Middle School
Teachers can work to meet the needs of their students by embedding opportunities for feedback throughout lessons.538Your content has been saved!
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- Classroom Management
How to Differentiate Without Splitting Students Up
Advice for teachers who want to make sure everyone in their classroom works and learns in tandem.74.2kYour content has been saved!
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Scaffolding Deeper Learning With Recall Activities
When students are asked to remember and explain relevant knowledge just before applying it, they arrive at a more concrete understanding of the content.17.6kYour content has been saved!
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Leveraging Prior Knowledge to Build Understanding
By guiding students through developing their own understanding of core concepts, teachers ensure that the whole class is starting on a strong foundation.17.1kYour content has been saved!
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Making Literary Analysis Creative Through Thematic Sculptures
When students use playful materials to build a physical object that represents their thinking, they grapple with texts in new ways.15.4kYour content has been saved!
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Using the 5 Whys Approach to Deepen Student Thinking
Teachers can use a questioning strategy originally from the business world to guide students to confidently develop and defend their thinking.
- Technology Integration
A Virtual Collaboration Project Centered on American Democracy
In a program sponsored by the Smithsonian, students in two different parts of the country interact to explore a civics question that is meaningful to both groups.962Your content has been saved!
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Problem-Based Learning and Future-Ready Skills
Well-designed projects help students build valuable skills such as collaboration, critical thinking, and communication.4.9kYour content has been saved!
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Boosting Midyear Engagement With Place-Based PBL
High school teachers can build projects around issues in the local community to motivate students before and after winter break.2.8kYour content has been saved!
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Making Project-Based Learning More Impactful by Emphasizing Depth Over Speed
Teachers can help students get the most out of PBL by focusing on the development of effective learning habits.2.5kYour 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.
- Classroom Management
11 Classroom Management Tweaks You Don’t Learn in Teacher Prep
Over time, every teacher makes small changes that have a big impact on how their classes run. A veteran teacher shares the hacks that work for him. - Collaborative Learning
12 Buddy Systems That Support Learning and Student Well-Being
Encouraging students to ‘look out for each other on purpose’ has a powerful impact. These classroom and schoolwide strategies can help you get started. - Classroom Management
How to Differentiate Without Splitting Students Up
Advice for teachers who want to make sure everyone in their classroom works and learns in tandem.74.2kYour content has been saved!
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How to Create a Values-Aligned Classroom
Teachers can collaborate with students to identify shared values that establish a foundation of respect and a positive learning environment.3.5kYour content has been saved!
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Modeling Calm for Preschool Students
Teachers can focus on promoting a sense of emotional safety to help students develop self-regulation and resilience.2.7kYour content has been saved!
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- Learning Environments
Supporting Students to Study Abroad in High School
Studying abroad can be a transformative experience, and there are many resources and scholarships available for students who want to pursue it.2.9kYour content has been saved!
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3 Ways to Reimagine Your Learning Wall
Teachers can borrow a few ideas from museum displays to enhance their wall space dedicated to objectives and other learning processes. - Learning Environments
Podcast: A Flexible Seating Arrangement That Teachers Love
After trying numerous seating arrangements—including rows, blocks, and U shapes—this teacher stumbled on a desk layout that outperformed them all. Here’s how it works.
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11 Smart Student Desk Layouts
How classroom seating—from traditional rows to Socratic circles and L-shaped clusters—alters classroom dynamics and shapes learning outcomes. - The Research Is In
Research-Based Tips for Optimal Seating Arrangements
The right approach to seating works behind the scenes to keep students focused on learning while minimizing disruptions, research suggests.
