- Teaching Strategies
How and Why to Give Optional Assignments
Providing students with the choice to complete additional work creates space for extra practice and can help build intrinsic motivation for learning. - Technology Integration
A 4 Step Process for Adding New Tech Across Your Whole School
Administrators can use this framework to determine whether a tool will actually be used by teachers and useful to students.110Your content has been saved!
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If It’s Stored in Your Head, It’s Not a System
Tips for how school leaders can build functional, responsive structures that allow staff to access the information they need when they need it.149Your content has been saved!
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6 Ways to Maximize Turn and Talk
When a few simple structures are put into place, teachers can bring this staple activity for classroom collaboration to the next level.Your content has been saved!
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5 Ways to Build Critical Literacy in the Age of AI
With so much information—and misinformation—coming at them every day, students need to learn how to verify truth. - Student Engagement
To Motivate World Language Students, Tap Into Their Goals
Teachers can use resources connected to students’ goals—such as traveling for work or pleasure—to make coursework meaningful to them.128Your content has been saved!
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A 7-Step Process for Implementing Green Screen Projects
Green screen isn’t just a flashy tool—it can support collaboration and boost students’ confidence as they get creative.123Your content has been saved!
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Manager, Facilitator, Motivator, Advocate: Setting Up Group Roles That Really Work
Designating a meaningful role for each group member helps students reach their potential both individually and collectively.147Your content has been saved!
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How Socratic Seminars Can Empower Middle School Students
Opportunities for student-led discussions help students hone their listening, speaking, and critical thinking skills.156Your content has been saved!
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3 Ways to Prime Students’ Brains for Achievement
Using priming language is a powerful way to set the stage for learning, and we’ve got a free downloadable word bank here to help you implement this research-backed strategy.
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- Student Engagement
4 Ways to Guide Disengaged Students to Try Again
There are many reasons why students disengage in school. The tips here are not a panacea, but both research and teacher experience demonstrate that they can help. - Formative Assessment
13 Super-Quick Formative Assessments
Teachers can use these techniques to gauge students’ understanding mid-lesson and then decide whether to reteach or press ahead. - Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
A Conflict Resolution Framework for the Early Grades
Teaching students to put aside their differences until they’re feeling calm can help them learn to resolve issues independently.724Your content has been saved!
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Strategies to Help Build Students’ Math Fact Fluency
With regular routines and reflective practice, elementary students can build accuracy and confidence in math.528Your content has been saved!
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5 Research-Backed Ways to Build Better Readers
The latest research on five foundational strategies that are teacher-tested and grounded in science.524Your content has been saved!
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- STEM
How STEM Projects Support Belonging in Middle School
When students engage in hands-on, collaborative problem-solving, they see themselves as essential to their classroom community.123Your content has been saved!
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Strategies for Maximizing Google Docs in Middle and High School
This common tool that you use every day can facilitate student collaboration and engagement in learning.312Your content has been saved!
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Bringing Math Concepts to Life Through Art and Technology
When elementary students experience math through multiple modes, they begin to see it as a language of design, rhythm, and beauty.240Your content has been saved!
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27 Quick Win, Low-Prep Ways to Integrate Tech This Year
These teacher-tested activities use free or familiar tools to help students think critically, create meaningfully, and collaborate with each other. - Technology Integration
How Forward-Thinking Schools Are Shaping the Future of AI in Education
Districts across the country are creating new leadership roles, identifying best practices, and writing flexible policies to prepare students and teachers for an AI-driven world.361Your content has been saved!
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- English Language Learners
Adapting Gradual Release of Responsibility for English Language Learners
This model provides scaffolded active engagement and opportunities for guided practice to help students master new skills.445Your content has been saved!
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How Podcasting in the Classroom Boosts Communication Skills
When students practice their oral communication skills by making podcasts, their writing, speaking, and storytelling abilities blossom.Your content has been saved!
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Problem-Solving Discussions in Elementary Math
Creating opportunities to talk about math builds understanding and strengthens language development for all students—particularly English language learners.269Your content has been saved!
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Using an Input-Output Loop to Help Newcomer Students Learn Class Content
Teachers can carefully chunk information to support newcomer students in learning grade-level content while developing their English proficiency.463Your content has been saved!
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Questions to Ask About Your Multilingual Students
The English language specialist at your school can help you work with multilingual learners—you just need to know what to ask.207Your content has been saved!
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- Formative Assessment
Fun Formative Assessment Activities Inspired by UDL
Varying the format of comprehension checks guides students to demonstrate learning and provides teachers feedback on progress.286Your content has been saved!
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13 Super-Quick Formative Assessments
Teachers can use these techniques to gauge students’ understanding mid-lesson and then decide whether to reteach or press ahead. - Formative Assessment
Crafting Data-Driven Narratives About Students
Telling stories with and about data helps students better see themselves as learners and helps teachers center them in the classroom.442Your content has been saved!
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Using Oral Assessments to Enrich Our Understanding of Student Learning
If you’ve ever had the sense that grades didn’t truly reflect what students had learned, formal and informal talks can give you more data and a more accurate picture. - Formative Assessment
The Power of Formative Assessment in Elementary School
Using frequent ungraded classroom assessments can help teachers guide students to focus more on learning and less on test scores.474Your content has been saved!
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