- Critical Thinking
Building Students’ Scientific Skills Through Observation
Feathers provide students the opportunity to explore how the particular form of an object impacts its function.168Your content has been saved!
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Strategies to Build a Warm and Welcoming Classroom Community
Elementary teachers can boost students’ sense of belonging with an intentional focus on fostering connections between them.281Your content has been saved!
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Staying Human While Using AI for IEPs
New research reveals how AI can shave off hours of paperwork while honoring the humans in the process. - Administration & Leadership
Rethinking Honors Tracking to Address an Opportunity Gap
This district is expanding access to dual enrollment and early college classes—by helping more high school students succeed in honors courses.Your content has been saved!
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15 Ways to Use Novelty to Boost Student Engagement
These activities give teachers opportunities to present students with learning experiences that pique their curiosity. - New Teachers
How to Give Novice Teachers Mindful, Learning-Focused Feedback
Mentoring should ideally set new teachers up with reflective habits that will serve them over the course of their career.1.5kYour content has been saved!
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6 Ways to Manage the Mental Load of Teaching
If you’re feeling overwhelmed by your responsibilities, these daily strategies can help you connect to the present moment.667Your content has been saved!
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Setting the Social and Emotional Foundation for Preschool
Teachers can focus on building students’ sense of belonging to help them prepare for learning.296Your content has been saved!
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Making Sure Every Child in School Feels Known
Decades of research underscore the benefits of student belonging. Here’s how five school leaders create systems to put that into action.1.6kYour content has been saved!
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Why School Leaders Should Try Starting Job Interviews With a Walk
Taking a lap around the school is a crucial part of how this principal gets to know prospective staff before sitting down for an interview.943Your content has been saved!
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- Student Engagement
Kicking Your Beginning-of-Year Activities Up a Notch
A teacher shares variations on covering the syllabus, creating class norms, and starting to build a community that he designed to boost student engagement from day one. - The Research Is In
Are Student Attention Spans Really Shrinking?
It’s not a mirage—students are struggling to focus like never before. But shorter attention spans may not be the culprit, experts explain. - Student Engagement
The Michelangelo Phenomenon: Encouraging Every Student to Meet High Expectations
Teachers can harness a research-backed idea named after the famed artist to guide students to tap into their strengths in service of their schoolwork. - Restorative Practices
Guiding Middle School Students to Commit to Their Own Growth
This mentoring framework can help students with discipline referrals see that they have the ability and responsibility to shape their future. - Student Engagement
Connecting the First Day of School to the Last
A veteran middle and high school teacher shares a first day of school activity that has worked for her for 25 years.
- Assessment
5 Ways to Make Assessments More Accessible Without Lowering Expectations
Teachers can remove unnecessary barriers in designing assessments that will give them solid information about what students know. - AI in Education
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?’4.8kYour 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. - Assessment
4 Ways to Get Students to Submit Assignments on Time More Often
Teachers can reduce the amount of late work they need to chase down and ensure that students get the feedback they need to improve.
- Creativity
Setting Up Constraints to Inspire Creative Thinking
When students have less to work with, they approach STEM challenges in new and different ways. - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
High-Quality Learning With Small-Scale PBL
STEM teachers can try this five-day project-based learning cycle to give students a meaningful experience on a short timeline.3.6kYour content has been saved!
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Exploring the Science of Flight With Model Rockets and Airplanes
These hands-on projects are a highly engaging way for high school students to explore aerodynamics and physics.1.2kYour content has been saved!
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A STEM-Focused Mentoring Program for High School Students
Learning from professionals in specialized fields allows students to acquire transferable skills that can support them in their future careers.679Your content has been saved!
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Designing Outdoor STEM Learning for Elementary Students
A framework for turning nearby trails, campus green spaces, and community sites into classrooms.3kYour content has been saved!
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- Learning Environments
Rethinking Classroom Seating With Caves, Campfires, and Watering Holes
An unconventional desk arrangement quickly and easily allows for three different types of classroom work—solo, small group, and whole-class instruction.Your content has been saved!
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Tips for Classroom Temperature Management
Teachers can use these ideas to create a more comfortable learning environment for their students and themselves.690Your content has been saved!
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Dylan Kane Went Tech-Free for a Year—Here’s What He Learned
After replacing Chromebook activities with paper and pencils, the middle school math teacher thoughtfully considers the costs and benefits. - Learning Environments
3 Unique, Versatile Seating Arrangements
These popular, teacher-tested desk configurations make it easier to shift between independent work, collaboration, and whole-class instruction. - 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.
