- Formative Assessment
28 Ways to Quickly Check for Understanding
From sketching comics to drafting tweets, these fun—and fast—ways to check for understanding are creative and flexible. - Professional Learning
4 Practical Tips for Improving as a Teacher
Maintaining habits that actively focus on your professional improvement can help you be a more confident and impactful teacher. - Brain-Based Learning
7 Strategies to Help Overwhelmed Students
Some students develop anxiety about assignments, but there are ways teachers can help them cope with these feelings. - Game-Based Learning
Motivating Teens With Classroom Competitions
Making games a regular part of class can get even the coolest high school students engaged in the content—and help them recall key concepts and vocabulary. - Administration & Leadership
How Principals Can Foster a Positive School Culture
A principal who focuses on being visible to students and honoring teachers’ work to support everyone in the building explains how she does it all. - Service Learning
9 Dynamic, Hands-On Activities That Immerse Students in Civics
Civics takes on new life when students have real-world experiences like creating polls or ballots or touring a local government building. - Early Childhood Education
The Surprisingly Positive Effect of Drama Games on Classroom Management
Young students are more likely to remember school routines around things such as lining up if guided play is involved.102 - Administration & Leadership
Thriving as a Rural School Leader
Rural administrators should identify and reach out to the people most interested in engaging and supporting their school communities.101 - Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
Helping Elementary Students Develop Conflict Resolution Skills
These tools help kids practice techniques that foster communication, understanding, and social success in the classroom.104 - Communication Skills
Setting Up a Student Media Program in Your School
High school students can benefit from learning how to create different media in a responsible way.102
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- THE RESEARCH IS IN
5 Popular Education Beliefs That Aren’t Backed by Research
Making adjustments to these common misconceptions can turn dubious strategies into productive lessons, the research suggests.5.9k - Teaching Strategies
27 Super-Smart, Teacher-Tested Closing Activities
Quick (and fun) strategies to check for understanding, reinforce learning, and identify misconceptions in the last moments of class.2.5k - The Research is In
How to Move From the ‘Main Idea’ to ‘Background Knowledge’
Traditional approaches to reading instruction—such as finding the “main idea”—are less effective than a knowledge-rich approach, the research shows.2.5k - Literacy
Encouraging Secondary Students to Read
When students are reading below their grade level, these different approaches can motivate them to engage with texts and improve their literacy skills.1.2k - Play & Recess
Reintroducing Playful Learning in High School
These strategies for using play-based learning with older students can get them more engaged with your course content.1.2k
- Assessment
A Late Work Policy That Works for Teachers and Students
Creating clear boundaries around when students can submit assignments after the due date can boost morale for everyone.679 - Assessment
Using Portfolios to Assess Student Learning
Allowing students to select the work that they feel is most representative of their learning is a powerful way to evaluate student knowledge.241 - Assessment
A More Efficient and Productive Way to Conduct Math Assessments
Here’s how to assign graded work that more accurately assesses elementary students’ learning and saves time.413 - 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.1.4k - Assessment
The Advantages of Verbal Assessments
High school teachers can use verbal assessments to ensure that students really know the content and are building oral communication skills.356
- Literacy
Encouraging Secondary Students to Read
When students are reading below their grade level, these different approaches can motivate them to engage with texts and improve their literacy skills.1.2k - Classroom Management
How to Create a Welcoming Classroom Environment
After visiting thousands of classrooms, the authors share a high-level overview of the common elements they’ve seen in rooms that hum with learning.736 - Student Engagement
Setting Up Choice Boards in Math and Science
Letting high school students choose how they take notes in math and science classes can get them to engage more deeply with the content.260 - Technology Integration
How to Organize Your Digital Classroom
Effectively tailoring your learning management system for your class creates a dynamic, interactive space that fosters exploration and learning.276 - Curriculum Planning
How to Use Chunking in the Classroom
Chunking information—breaking it down into manageable units and scaffolding it with activities—makes learning more accessible.581
- Mental Health
Meeting Students’ Needs for Emotional Support
A new survey finds that a large percentage of students don’t feel that they have an adult to turn to at school when they're troubled.574 - Mental Health
Using Backward Design for SEL
Consider these strategies to foster students’ social and emotional learning and help support their mental health.416 - 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.269 - 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.926 - 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.609