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How to Teach Better Executive Function Skills to Middle Schoolers
Navigating the middle grades requires organizational and planning skills that most young teens haven't mastered yet. Here’s how teachers can help.Your content has been saved!
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5 Ways to Make Gratitude a Classroom Habit
These simple classroom activities can help students practice gratitude year-round, strengthen relationships, and build a more supportive classroom community.Your content has been saved!
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8 Ways to Get Better at Managing Classroom Timing
Every minute of instructional time counts. Here are eight ways to maximize classroom timing without rushing through or skipping material.Your content has been saved!
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4 Simple Ways to Bring the Science of Learning Into Your Classroom
Everyday routines do more to support learning when they're aligned with how the brain works—from reducing cognitive load to strengthening memory.Your content has been saved!
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When ‘This Is Hard’ Becomes ‘I Can’t Do It’
If students internalize the idea that difficulty means they aren’t capable of doing work, it can impact their motivation. This three-step process encourages them to persist.Your content has been saved!
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If You Want Your Students to Be Kind, Teach Them How
Middle school teachers can combine engaging activities with a healthy dose of patience to promote a culture of kindness.Your content has been saved!
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Outdoor Learning Activities for Preschool That Work in Any Weather
There are plenty of opportunities for children to play and learn outside, even when the weather turns cold. - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
How to Reduce Students’ Anxiety About Peer Feedback in Project-Based Learning
Teachers can prioritize accountability, constructive criticism, and personal agency to help students get comfortable giving and receiving feedback.120Your content has been saved!
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Implementing Personalized Learning to Maximize Student Agency
Elementary teachers can guide students can take more ownership of their learning by offering meaningful choices on the path to a set goal.557Your content has been saved!
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Making Work Less Overwhelming for Special Education Students
Elementary students struggling to get started are much more likely to try when the work is broken down into small steps.693Your content has been saved!
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- Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
3 Ways to Make Your Secondary Classroom a Place Where Students Can Thrive
After asking, ‘How do I get this student to engage?’ teachers can go on to ask, ‘What kind of classroom would make them want to?’ - AI in Education
5 ‘Good’ AI Use Cases That Are Actually Bad for Students
Consider the specific skills that students are meant to practice, then determine whether using AI outsources the work needed to build them. - Research
The Surprising Power of Brain Breaks (in 5 Charts)
Well-timed breaks aren’t a detour from learning. Research shows they can restore focus, curb off-task behavior, and help new learning stick. - Classroom Management
Podcast: Move Like You Mean It: How to Circulate Through Your Classroom
Amir Taron Ayres explores how moving through your classroom can uncover misunderstandings, guide instruction, and bring promising student ideas to light.
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4 Techniques That Engage the Entire Classroom
The authors of the book ‘Total Participation Techniques’ share activities that can make 100 percent participation possible.
- Assessment
How Student-Graded Assessments Can Boost Learning
Grading some of their own work helps students learn to look beyond mistakes and makes evaluation more meaningful. - Assessment
Podcast: I Stopped Giving Tests. Here’s What I Do Instead
Five years after banning high-stakes tests from her classroom, a high school science teacher explains how she tracks student growth and keeps rigor high.
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Teaching Multiple-Choice Questions as Their Own Genre of Text
Exploring the expectations of multiple-choice questions with students is effective test prep—and helps them develop critical thinking skills.1.4kYour content has been saved!
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The Case for Math That Connects to Students’ Lives
From algorithms to probability and game theory, the essential math shaping students’ futures is mostly missing in K-12 education, argues education advocate Ted Dintersmith. - Assessment
17 Ways to End Class That Make Tomorrow Easier
The final minutes of class can be future-oriented—use these closing activities to consolidate learning, gather feedback, or spark curiosity about tomorrow.
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How a Genius Hour Can Give New Meaning to Student Agency
High school students can assign themselves ambitious projects like learning to write music criticism or creating a plan to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. - Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
5 Strategies That Foster Student Citizenship
Teachers can guide students to build the skills needed to engage in civic commitments aimed at improving their schools and communities.607Your content has been saved!
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Teaching Students to Reset Their Brains for Independent Reading
Even when phones are removed from classrooms, students may feel restless and fidgety, so a teacher developed this simple reading-readiness routine. - Student Engagement
4 Techniques That Engage the Entire Classroom
The authors of the book ‘Total Participation Techniques’ share activities that can make 100 percent participation possible. - School Culture
Transforming Your Hallways Into Learning Environments
Hallway walls can host communal experiences with familiar classroom activities like word searches and cryptograms.
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Helping Preschool Students When They’re Dysregulated
These straightforward classroom strategies start with a question: What does this child need from me right now?1.7kYour content has been saved!
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Supporting Students With Executive Function Challenges
A one-on-one intervention framework can help high school students with ADHD improve their executive function habits.3.3kYour content has been saved!
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Using Precise, Positive Praise in the Classroom
Explicitly acknowledging replicable behaviors is an effective way to encourage all students to meet expectations. - School Libraries
How K–8 Libraries Can Be Hubs of Student Well‑Being
School librarians can play a key role in ensuring that students feel that they belong, matter, and have value. - Mindfulness
Increasing Student Mindfulness With Improv Games
Guiding students to listen, breathe, and be present can be a lot of fun with these three drama-based activities.946Your content has been saved!
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