- Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
Building Bridges to Support Grade-Level Transitions
Well-planned meetings between older and younger students can help mitigate anxiety about moving to a new grade.Your content has been saved!
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Guiding Students to Develop Perseverance
When students focus on progress over immediate performance, success feels more attainable.Your content has been saved!
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6 Ways to Add Depth to Your ELA Lessons
Teachers can guide students to shift from looking for a right answer to thinking more critically about course content.Your content has been saved!
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Getting Teens Hooked on Books With First Chapter Fridays
By reading aloud in middle and high school, teachers can expose students to new ideas, genres, and authors—and get them excited about books.Your content has been saved!
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The Philosophy Behind Allowing Retakes
Because student proficiency develops over time, assessment retakes play an important role in accurately measuring learning.369Your content has been saved!
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3 Daily Practices to Build a Learner-Centered Classroom
Teachers can use these ideas to foster a supportive climate for students receiving special education services and their peers.381Your content has been saved!
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How Administrators Can Use Data to Explore Issues of Equity
Accessing a range of data can give leaders a broad understanding of issues affecting the student body, and what to do about them.Your content has been saved!
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Why and How I’m Limiting Screen Time in My Classroom
Digital tools have uses, but they can also risk reducing the productive struggle students need to build critical thinking skills. - Special Education
Designing Typing Lessons to Teach Life Skills in Special Education Classrooms
With well-designed, intentional prompts, keyboarding instruction can help students develop several skills at once.652Your content has been saved!
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Using Improv to Build Group Work Skills
Students learn to communicate and collaborate through a simple-to-play “Yes, and…” game.432Your content has been saved!
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- Technology Integration
Streaming Toward Reading Fluency
When students record themselves reading aloud using an app—and then listen back to reflect on their own pacing and expression—their fluency improves over time. - Brain-Based Learning
Writing Notes by Hand for Better Processing
When teachers regularly pause during lectures so students can synthesize their thoughts with handwritten notes, content is more likely to stick. - Student Engagement
Why Students Give Up on a Task—and What Teachers Can Do About It
Students often start working on a task, but disengage if it gets difficult. You can use these three tips to encourage them to persist. - ChatGPT & Generative AI
Why and How I’m Limiting Screen Time in My Classroom
Digital tools have uses, but they can also risk reducing the productive struggle students need to build critical thinking skills. - Teaching Strategies
60-Second Strategy: Whisper It in Your Hand
A simple routine gives everyone more think time before sharing their responses—and helps manage students’ enthusiasm for shouting out answers.34kYour content has been saved!
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- Critical Thinking
6 Ways to Center a Paper Notebook
As concerns about technology grow, a familiar tool promises to restore a sense of balance in the classroom. - Technology Integration
The Case for a Smaller Tech Toolbox
To avoid technology overwhelm, a good rule of thumb: Think quality over quantity, and only keep what earns its place.2.5kYour content has been saved!
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Streaming Toward Reading Fluency
When students record themselves reading aloud using an app—and then listen back to reflect on their own pacing and expression—their fluency improves over time. - Technology Integration
Exploring the Dangers of Technology Through Literature
E.M. Forster’s short story ‘The Machine Stops’ can help middle school students assess the impact of over-reliance on digital tools. - Technology Integration
Using Student-Created Stop-Motion Movies to Explore Math
Making simple movies provides early elementary students with chances for rich mathematical discussions.2.7kYour content has been saved!
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- Differentiated Instruction
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.4.2kYour 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.7.8kYour 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. - Teaching Strategies
Podcast: Smart Strategies to Improve Your Scaffolding
Evidence-backed tips to support students as they learn new or complex material—from a UCLA instructor and former high school teacher.
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- Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
How to Teach Kids to Be Kind to Themselves
Kindness toward others is often taught in elementary school, but it’s also important for students to extend it to themselves.10.2kYour content has been saved!
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How Tech Tools Can Simplify and Improve Your Multi-Tiered System of Supports
This middle school made gains in supporting students by setting up shared spreadsheets, digital referral forms, and predictable routines.1.9kYour content has been saved!
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The Research on Protecting Teacher Well-Being
Laurie Santos, host of the popular podcast The Happiness Lab, on how our minds deceive us, why "time affluence" matters, and what we can do to reset our parasympathetic nervous system.52.1kYour content has been saved!
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12 Graphic Novels About Mental Health
These books help students explore conditions that they or their peers may be experiencing, such as depression and anxiety. - Mental Health
5 Strategies to Deescalate Behavior When Students Are Dysregulated
Students may lack the skills to control their behavior when they’re upset, and these steps can help build self-regulation.9.1kYour content has been saved!
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