- Professional Learning
Using a Lab Classroom Approach for Professional Development
Watching a colleague implement an instructional practice with students is a highly effective way for the observers to learn it.Your content has been saved!
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Creating the Conditions for Effective Professional Learning
Leverage the small spaces of the year to avoid the knowing-doing gap, in which learning ends up on a shelf, without being put into practice.Your content has been saved!
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Deciding as a Class What the Year Should Feel Like
In this first-day-of-school activity, students and teachers collaborate to create classroom norms and set goals.Your content has been saved!
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How to Build a Better Attention Span
By building short focus exercises into the daily routine, teachers help students to improve their capacity to concentrate.Your content has been saved!
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Is Your Assignment Vulnerable to AI?
Instead of starting with the question ‘can AI do this?,’ it may be more helpful to ask, ‘What thinking is required of students?’Your content has been saved!
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A Classroom Veteran’s Advice for New Secondary Teachers
Lessons learned over the course of a two-decade career can help you feel more confident and prepared to start the school year.Your 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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Teaching Grammar With Wordless Picture Books
Students with dyslexia and other language-based learning difficulties can benefit greatly from activities that integrate oral language.Your content has been saved!
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The Endless Pile: How to Mitigate Grading Woes
By reserving grades for work that truly measures progress and using feedback for everything else, teachers can reduce stress and give students clear guidance for growth. - Literacy
A Case for Conferencing With Students Instead of Giving Written Feedback
Holding a 15-minute meeting with each student creates a chance to discuss what’s working in their writing and what they think about it.
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- Restorative Practices
Late Work Policies That Motivate Students Without Punishing Them
Completing work on time is a learnable skill, and teachers can use these restorative practices to help students develop it. - AI in Education
8 Classroom AI Policies Developed by Teachers
Setting clear, shared expectations around student AI use is uncharted territory for many teachers. Educators across disciplines and grade levels share their current policies. - 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. - Student Engagement
Podcast: How to Jumpstart Belonging in Your Classroom From Day One
The first week of school can set the tone for the entire year. Teacher Marcus Luther shares powerful yet simple routines that build trust, help students feel known, and strengthen the classroom community.
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- Technology Integration
Using Edtech Tools to Support Neurodivergent Learners
By offering alternative formats, these options reduce the heavy text decoding that can be a significant hurdle for many neurodivergent students.346Your content has been saved!
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Why Your School Should Have a Tech Summit This Year
Schools have a rare opportunity to bring unresolved questions about AI and classroom technology into the open. The cost of leaving them unanswered is too high. - Technology Integration
The Power of Watching Your Teaching on Replay
When paired with reflection and peer feedback, video gives teachers a practical way to revisit lessons, analyze student learning, and make targeted improvements.2kYour content has been saved!
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A Checklist to Evaluate Educational Apps for Distractions
Many learning apps contain features that actually distract students from learning, and you can use this 15-minute routine to spot them.1.1kYour content has been saved!
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5 Questions Elementary Teachers Can Ask to Evaluate Their Edtech Use
A practical framework for evaluating whether technology is supporting deep learning, meaningful engagement, and instructional goals.3.9kYour content has been saved!
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- Administration & Leadership
3 Ways to Give Math Teachers Effective Feedback
School leaders can use these ideas to provide math teachers with discipline-specific insights for improving their instructional practices.876Your content has been saved!
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Overcoming Interpersonal Challenges in PLCs
Effective PLCs don’t happen by accident, and teachers can use these strategies to avoid animosity and encourage supportiveness and productivity.590Your content has been saved!
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Leading Science PD with Genuine Wonder
When teachers are invited to get curious during professional development, they are better able to inspire the same feeling in students. - Special Education
Effective Elementary Special Education PLC Meetings
Even with limited time, teams can focus on data and discuss student progress to make meaningful action plans.1.6kYour content has been saved!
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How to Set Up a Back-to-School Symposium
Administrators can use this framework to plan differentiated, conference-style professional learning days to empower teachers as they prepare for the year.918Your content has been saved!
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- Formative Assessment
60-Second Strategy: Question the Character
Having students engage with the characters they’re reading about reveals whether they read the chapter—but better yet, it improves their literary analysis skills and elevates classroom discussion. - Formative Assessment
How to Create Highly Effective, Discussion-Worthy Multiple-Choice Questions
Well-written multiple-choice items can deepen thinking and learning, rather than simply challenging students to recall basic facts. - Formative Assessment
Implementing a ‘Halftime Ticket’ to Gauge Understanding
Teachers can borrow the idea of halftime from sports by shifting exit tickets to earlier in the class, assessing how well students understand a lesson—and what they need to get the win. - Teaching Strategies
Making the Most of Learning Objectives
Asking students to unpack learning objectives with a quick routine helps them connect prior knowledge and feel more prepared for the day’s lesson.29.2kYour content has been saved!
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How to Build Review Activities Into Daily Lessons
When teachers revisit earlier lessons in small, structured ways, students feel more confident on assessments—and retain the content better.8.6kYour content has been saved!
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