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Jason Reynolds on What Fires the Imagination of Young Readers
The best-selling author on why "inappropriate" topics may be exactly what teen readers need, and the importance of raising the hair on the backs of readers' necks in the first 50 pages. - Teaching Strategies
In High-Performing Math Classrooms, Words Matter
Math vocabulary alone isn’t a silver bullet—but research shows it’s linked to stronger academic achievement when paired with expert teaching practices.391Your content has been saved!
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13 Powerful Studies That Tell the Story of AI
As AI use rises, the distinction between shortcut or scaffold becomes increasingly harder to spot. - Classroom Management
Cultivating Effortful Thinking With the Warm Demander Approach
Combining strong relationships with clear expectations means teachers can create classrooms where every student feels supported—and accountable for sharing their thinking.Your content has been saved!
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Teaching History as a Skills-Based Discipline
Students may associate history class with memorizing dates, but they should be learning the skills of evidence collection and analysis.251Your content has been saved!
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6 Smart Ways to Structure Group Work in Secondary Classrooms
Successful group work in middle and high school requires thoughtful design. These strategies help teachers structure collaboration so every student contributes—and learns.310Your content has been saved!
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Using Trauma-Informed Practices in Early Elementary Classrooms
Small changes in language and classroom routines can increase connection and improve learning for young students.326Your content has been saved!
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An Unconventional Seating Plan Designed to Benefit Focus and Learning
After years of search and experimentation, this teacher finally hit on a room layout that allowed for efficient shifting between whole class, small group, and independent work. - ChatGPT & Generative AI
What Worries Me About Teachers’ Use of AI
A high school teacher reflects on how adult choices around AI use—particularly their approaches to transparency and focus on efficiency—can affect classroom culture.1.2kYour content has been saved!
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How to Accurately Document Preschool Students’ Growth
Young students may repeatedly show progress and regression in skill development, and capturing their learning amid this variability is a challenge.393Your content has been saved!
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Just Like Phonics, Comprehension Requires Explicit Teaching
Once students can decode, they need ongoing and thoughtful instruction to understand, interpret, and engage with what they read.57.9kYour content has been saved!
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Making Use of a Worked Example to Improve Learning
By explicitly modeling each step of a problem and gradually fading away supports, teachers can give students a clear path to mastering new content.15.9kYour content has been saved!
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6 Routines to Get Students Unstuck
When students are grasping at straws, these self-directed strategies help them to pause, make a plan, and pivot more effectively.15.1kYour content has been saved!
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6 Cool Visual Thinking Activities That Strengthen Student Writing
Visual activities like mapping, sketching, sculpting, and writing comic strips can help students clarify ideas, strengthen drafts, and deepen literary analysis. - Classroom Management
Student Engagement as an Aspect of Classroom Management
An educator whose class rules once ‘looked like the Ten Commandments’ has found that fostering intellectual engagement is much more effective for maintaining order.9.8kYour content has been saved!
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- Teaching Strategies
Guiding Students to Receive Feedback as Information to Improve Their Skills
Students may take feedback from teachers or peers as a personal judgement unless it is intentionally focused on their work.2.3kYour content has been saved!
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Easy Ways to Have Students Review Material Frequently
Students retain information better when they have consistent opportunities to engage with previously taught content. - Assessment
How to Really Prepare Students for State Tests
A high school teacher uses her state’s testing blueprint to give students practice with the standards and question types they’ll encounter most frequently. - Formative Assessment
Podcast: How to Use Formative Assessment Like an Expert Teacher
A powerful tool for gauging student understanding mid-lesson, low-stakes micro-assessments help teachers decide when to reteach and when to keep moving.
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Benefits of Using Skills-Based Instruction in Advanced Placement Courses
With a years-long shift to skills-based instruction and grading, this district found an unexpected outcome—an increase in AP scores.4.2kYour content has been saved!
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- Creativity
Writing Prompts That Tap Into Springtime Energy
Upper elementary teachers can channel students’ excitement around the changing season into thoughtful writing that incorporates all five senses. - Literacy
6 Cool Visual Thinking Activities That Strengthen Student Writing
Visual activities like mapping, sketching, sculpting, and writing comic strips can help students clarify ideas, strengthen drafts, and deepen literary analysis. - Literacy
5 Ways to Increase the Quantity and Quality of Students’ Writing
Having students move beyond descriptive paragraphs and five-paragraph essays can help improve their ability to write—and their love of doing it.3.4kYour content has been saved!
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Podcast: Boosting Reading Comprehension for All Students
A literacy specialist shares her go-to strategies for teaching kids the habits of good reading.
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How Elementary Teachers Can Develop a Daily Writing Practice With Students
With frequent modeling, teachers can guide their students to work through the writing process with confidence.7.1kYour content has been saved!
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- Administration & Leadership
6 Questions to Ask Yourself When You’re Considering a Professional Transition
These questions can help administrators decide when it’s time to step into a more complex role, move laterally to a new setting, or begin to imagine retirement.940Your content has been saved!
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Applying a UDL Framework to the Coaching Cycle
This three-phase approach to instructional coaching embraces the fact that educators are lifelong learners.2.7kYour content has been saved!
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How to Create a Crisis Handbook to Prepare Your School for Emergencies
As a school leader, you can’t anticipate when a disaster may happen, but you can develop systems to help ensure that your staff and families are prepared.955Your content has been saved!
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Making the Shift to Learning Science
In Maryland, a district's decade of effort to train more than 4,000 educators on how the brain learns best—so they can apply cognitive science in their own classrooms—begins to pay off.Your content has been saved!
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A 3-Step Strategy for Addressing Difficult Situations With Parents
Administrators can resolve complicated issues by holding an information-gathering meeting, conducting an investigation, and then circling back to parents.1.8kYour content has been saved!
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