- Technology Integration
3 Steps for Creating Video Projects With Elementary Students
A straightforward plan for facilitating multimedia projects helps ensure collaborative learning and a fun classroom experience. - Creativity
Exploring Diverse Forms of Storytelling With Mentor Texts
Writing can be more engaging for students when they have the opportunity to consider different approaches to help them get started. - Student Engagement
11 Real World Math Activities That Engage Students
Bridging the gap between abstract math concepts and real-life experiences can make the subject accessible and relevant for kids.212 - Research
Brains That Fire Together Wire Together
A 2023 study revealed that while learning, the brains of students and teachers looked remarkably similar. - Literacy
5 High-Impact Writing Strategies for the Elementary Grades
Simple, effective exercises can help elementary students develop the foundational writing skills they need for their academic journey.141 - ChatGPT & Generative AI
Teaching CTE Students About Work-Related Uses of AI
Teachers can show students responsible uses of AI for situations like preparing for interviews and writing résumés and cover letters.109 - English Language Learners
How School Librarians Can Support ELLs
Here are eight ways librarians can nurture English language learners’ literacy skills in both their home language and English.127 - Career & Technical Education
Tapping Into Community Connections to Improve CTE
When career and technical education teachers partner with local industry leaders, students gain valuable contacts and experience.124 - English Language Learners
Helping English Language Learners Decipher Tough Texts
Teachers can help ELL students read at higher levels by emphasizing sentence structure and meaning making.196 - Assessment
How Many Retakes Should Students Get?
Teachers can set fair boundaries on retakes to emphasize skill building without creating an unmanageable workload for themselves.467
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- Student Engagement
4 Brain Breaks for Different Classroom Needs
These brain breaks are designed to serve different purposes, and selecting the right one at the right time can yield positive results.3.2k - Research
The Overlooked Qualities That Signal Future Success—and How to Nurture Them
Bestselling author and psychologist Adam Grant on rethinking grade point averages and how we misjudge what drives potential.1.6k - Literacy
60-Second Strategy: Role Reading
By giving each student a job to do when tackling complex text, teachers help ensure that students actually understand what they are reading.1.4k - Technology Integration
7 Digital Tools That Help Bring History to Life
Challenging games, fun projects, and a healthy dose of AI tools round out our top picks for breathing new life into history lessons.820 - Critical Thinking
6 Ways to Improve Students’ Math Literacy
Middle and high school math teachers can use these ideas to build students’ reading comprehension and reasoning skills using real tasks like budgeting.605
- Collaborative Learning
An Effective Strategy for Successful Group Work
Articulating what good teamwork looks like takes planning, reflection, and respect for student choice.473 - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
Guiding Students to Use Storytelling Across the Curriculum
Teachers in any subject can have students use storytelling techniques to demonstrate learning, and these story generation strategies can help them get started.339 - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
I Let Students Choose Their Grading Criteria, and Here’s How It Went
When students have a say in the assessment of their work, they find more enjoyment in demonstrating their knowledge.610 - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
Bringing Authenticity to PBL
Third and fourth grade students built real life skills when they collaborated with an energy company to create weather and energy awareness pages for their website.247 - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
Project-Based Learning for New Teachers
Building confidence to try PBL can be tough—here are some ways to integrate projects with the essential elements of core instruction.518
- STEM
Hosting an Innovators Day to Boost Elementary STEM Learning
A dedicated day for students to explore STEM fosters 21st-century learning and excitement across grade levels.200 - Culturally Responsive Teaching
When Black History Meets Women’s History
Recognizing overlapping identities in different heritage months allows students to examine the complexity of the human experience.150 - STEM
Rethinking Energy Transformation Labs
This lab allows teachers to differentiate instruction as students build a working conveyor belt to test how energy transfer works.196 - Media Literacy
Integrating Intellectual Property Into the STEM Curriculum
These engaging activities can teach students in grades three through five about patents, trademarks, copyright, and trade secrets.228 - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
PBL That Fosters Empathy and Community
Project-based learning can cultivate collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking across the grades.637
- Mental Health
Using Backward Design for SEL
Consider these strategies to foster students’ social and emotional learning and help support their mental health.370 - Student Wellness
A New Theory on the Teen Mental Health Crisis
While rising rates of teen mental health issues can’t be pinned to a single root cause, a 2023 study surfaced a compelling connection to the decline in childhood independence.204 - Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
Simple Supports to Decrease Fight-or-Flight Behavior
When young students are feeling overwhelmed, these strategies can help them find their calm again.895 - Student Wellness
Confronting an Epidemic of Drug Use in Schools
Vaping of nicotine and THC is out of control in student populations, but effective solutions still elude school communities.550 - Mental Health
Supporting Students Navigating the Foster Care System
Teachers can provide resources and stability to students in foster care to help ensure that school feels safe and inclusive for them.168