- Inquiry-Based Learning
4 Ways to Encourage Great Questions in the Science Classroom
Here’s how a middle school teacher guides students to proactively ask and answer questions like ‘why does that happen?’Your content has been saved!
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Podcast: Research: 5 Principles of Superb Classroom Design
What really matters in classroom design, according to science?
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Starting an Earth Club to Support Science Education in Elementary School
With a variety of projects, this club has students apply science concepts while building responsibility and pride in their school community.Your content has been saved!
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3 Tech Talks That Set the Tone for the Year
From AI expectations to device routines, these conversations create shared norms that help students use technology responsibly and intentionally.Your content has been saved!
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3 Unique, Versatile Seating Arrangements
These popular, teacher-tested desk configurations make it easier to shift between independent work, collaboration, and whole-class instruction.Your content has been saved!
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Creating a Tradition of Peer Recognition Among Teachers
It won’t fix every challenge your school faces, but regularly recognizing the efforts of your fellow teachers contributes to a strong, supportive culture.Your content has been saved!
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A First-Week Routine That Gets Middle School Students Thinking Like Scientists
Here’s a day-by-day plan for guiding your students to start the year by asking questions. Just resist the urge to answer them.213Your content has been saved!
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Exceptional Videos of Authors Reading Their Books Aloud for Young Students
These 14 books can help teachers celebrate student writing by weaving literacy and social and emotional learning into the school day. - Instructional Coaching
Supporting Teacher Growth Through Trusting Relationships
An assistant principal considers two things when coaching a teacher—the visible elements of the lesson and the invisible element of the teacher’s mindset.292Your content has been saved!
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15 Effective Ways to Manage Dysregulated Students
Teachers are seeing more big emotions and disruptive behavior in early elementary classrooms. These practical strategies can help youngsters reflect, reset, and repair.
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- Brain-Based Learning
4 Ways to Design Instruction for the Teenage Brain
These strategies, derived from Daniel Siegel’s book Brainstorm, can help you engage students’ attention and willingness to work. - Literacy
Teaching a Deeper Understanding of Language With a Yearlong Word Journal
Guiding elementary students to dive into learning about how a single word can boost their curiosity and vocabulary skills. - Classroom Management
Teaching Practices That Will Be Sustainable All the Way Till June
A super-cool strategy like an interactive bulletin board isn’t so great if you drop it by October. A teacher shares criteria for evaluating whether an idea will be sustainable, plus some ideas that have worked for her. - The Research Is In
When Good Research Gets Implemented Badly
As brilliant ideas move from academic journals into classrooms, many important nuances are lost. - Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
Podcast: 3 Outstanding Community-Building Activities for Back to School
Kick off the new school year by building genuine connections among your students, helping them feel they belong (and matter) in your classroom community.
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- Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
Teaching Students That Disagreement Doesn’t Have to Mean Disrespect
Elementary teachers can help students understand what it means to express differing opinions in a respectful way.2.4kYour content has been saved!
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Podcast: 3 Outstanding Community-Building Activities for Back to School
Kick off the new school year by building genuine connections among your students, helping them feel they belong (and matter) in your classroom community.
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When Good Research Gets Implemented Badly
As brilliant ideas move from academic journals into classrooms, many important nuances are lost. - Critical Thinking
Using Clubs to Foster Real-World Skills
Elementary teachers can create authentic contexts for students to practice critical thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving skills. - Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
4 Civics Activities for Elementary Students
These exercises can help young students care about others and work to solve real problems affecting their classrooms and communities.2.2kYour content has been saved!
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- Literacy
How to Successfully Implement High-Quality Instructional Materials
As more schools adopt the science of reading, it’s important for teachers to be supported in working to improve students’ literacy skills.1.7kYour content has been saved!
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The Power of Pairs When Reading Aloud
A classic strategy called dyad reading—matching up students with different skill levels to read out loud in unison—helps both partners build confidence and fluency.Your content has been saved!
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Leveraging Writing Conferences in the College Essay Process
One-on-one talks allow teachers to build relationships with students while providing thoughtful feedback on their personal statements.745Your content has been saved!
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8 Activities for the Global Read Aloud
Fun, easy ways to connect with another classroom across the world, including a virtual school tour or postcard exchange.1.4kYour content has been saved!
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Teaching Grammar With Wordless Picture Books
Students with dyslexia and other language-based learning difficulties can benefit greatly from activities that integrate oral language.1.8kYour content has been saved!
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- Learning Environments
Designing Your Pre-K Classroom to Support Students
The classroom is sometimes called the ‘third teacher,’ and you can use it to help build students’ focus and independence. - Learning Environments
Creating a Yes Environment in Early Childhood Classrooms
Constantly saying no to young students trying to access things around the classroom? It may be time to rethink how your room is designed. - Learning Environments
What Is Your Building Communicating to Students?
It can be eye-opening to walk through your school with a student persona in mind, and the audit tool included here can help you find and fix friction points and improve students’ sense of belonging. - Learning Environments
A Versatile Seating Arrangement That Really Works
Placing students in strategic academic groups at L-shaped tables creates classroom community, improves teacher mobility, and supports struggling students.Your content has been saved!
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For Preschool Classroom Design, Less Is More
Wall-to-wall decorations can overstimulate young children. Instead, use color, visual displays, and empty space strategically.3.1kYour content has been saved!
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