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Recess for High School Students

Watch how one school uses structured activities during recess to help students (and teachers!) stay focused for the rest of the day.

Boyhood: A Great Film to Use With Teens

It may not have won every Academy Award for which it was nominated, but it's still a wonderful teaching tool.

8 Tips for Reaching Out to Parents

Building trust is key -- this post gives you some specific ideas to strengthen communication with your students' parents and/or guardians.

Blended Learning: Working With One iPad

Watch how one educator has found a way to put a single iPad to use so the whole class benefits.

6 Teaching Tools for Black History Month

Check out this list of resources to help your students dig deeper into black history, culture, and life.
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Professional Development
Should Students Have a Role in Professional Development?

By Suzie Boss

Check out these real-life examples of students playing an active role in their teachers' professional learning.

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Lesson Plans
National Poetry Month: Useful Resources for Teachers and Students

By Matt Davis

In honor of National Poetry Month in April, Matt Davis has put together a list of useful poetry links for educators, including resources from the web, Edutopia's most popular poetry-themed blogs, and other quick reads.

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Teaching Strategies
The Nuts and Bolts of Explicit Modeling

By Todd Finley

The eight steps of EM include describing the concept or skill, reducing it to critical elements, thinking aloud, teaching with cues, and engaging students' senses.

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Project-Based Learning
5 PBL Best Practices for Redefining the Teacher's Role

By Joshua Block

PBL changes a teacher's traditional role through framing the learning, helping students develop ideas, consulting as they revise, and encouraging feedback, reflection, and authentic presentations.

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Lesson Plans
7 Classroom Resources for Pi Day

By Matt Davis

In this collection, Matt Davis rounds up some of Edutopia's favorite Pi Day resources for teachers.

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Culturally Responsive Teaching
Making Connections: Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain

By Elena Aguilar

Cultural values and learning practices transmitted from parents and from community guide how the brain wires itself to process information and handle relationships.

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Collaborative Learning
The Importance of Teaching Through Relationships

By Stacey Goodman

What happens when students and teachers converse, share experiences, and participate in activities together.

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Collaborative Learning
Using Old Tech (Not Edtech) to Teach Thinking Skills

By Raleigh Werberger

Butcher paper and Post-it notes can help students understand the collaborative thinking that takes place on a shared Google Doc.

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Lesson Plans
6 Teaching Tools for Black History Month

By Matt Davis

From interactive timelines and rich multimedia to lesson plans and study guides, find a variety of web resources that can help bring black history into the classroom.

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Teaching Strategies
Applying Mindfulness to Mundane Classroom Tasks

By Abby Wills

By adding a fun, creative element of focus and stillness to a classroom routine, you can help your students learn to appreciate and practice self-regulation.

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Classroom Management
Incentivizing Your Class: The Engagement-Based Classroom Management Model

By Dr. Lori Desautels

Invite your students to participate in a behavioral model that helps them level up with their engagement and attitude -- much like a video game.

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Student Engagement
How Student Centered Is Your Classroom?

By Rebecca Alber

Check out these questions to guide you in reflecting on how much the learning environment you have designed promotes student voice and choice.

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Formative Assessment
Formative Assessment Is Transformational!

By Andrew Miller

More than just numbers in a grade book, formative assessment practices can change how you teach, how your students learn, and how your classroom functions.

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Social and Emotional Learning
Controlling the Power of Words: Teaching Students How to Confront Insults

By Dr. Richard Curwin

Instead of surrendering their power to the person who insults them, students should learn why some words are triggers and how to master their own reactions.

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