- Curriculum Planning
Bringing Social Studies to Life With Data
Middle school teachers can guide students to analyze real-world data to gain a deep understanding of course content.Your 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.Your content has been saved!
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Refining Your Teaching Practice Through Reflection
Teachers always have plenty to do, but it’s important to gather feedback and carve out time to reflect on it. - Classroom Management
A Game to Teach Preschoolers How to Use Classroom Materials
By playing a silly game that flips the script on who the expert is, early childhood educators can help students see how to use everyday classroom tools correctly.Your content has been saved!
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4 Strategies to Facilitate Collaboration Across Special Education Teams
By creating effective systems, special education teachers can set themselves, general education teachers, and students up for success.106Your content has been saved!
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Setting Up a Collaborative Professional Learning Conference at Your School
This engaging strategy for sharing ideas with peers doesn’t take a lot of time and planning, and everyone can benefit.104Your content has been saved!
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Mindfulness Strategies for Young Learners
Easy-to-implement practices can support self-regulation and overall well-being in the early years.107Your content has been saved!
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What Does It Mean to Be Good at Math?
Ensuring that elementary students understand the Five Strands of Math Proficiency can help them build confidence in their skills.145Your content has been saved!
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Kindergarten Classroom Management Strategies That Work
Children show up with a wide range of developmental and social skills, and these strategies can help teachers support them.175Your content has been saved!
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Video Games Are a Playful Way to Guide Students to Unlock Meaning in Literature
By approaching games as texts, teachers can foster the mindset students need to appreciate great literature.140Your content has been saved!
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15 Quick (and Mighty) Retrieval Practices
From concept maps to flash cards to Pictionary, these activities help students reflect on—and remember—what they’ve learned. - Classroom Management
Managing Your Class Without Collective Punishment
Even in moments of frustration, teachers can hold disruptive students accountable without punishing the class as a group.2.7kYour content has been saved!
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3 Games to Amp Up Reading Instruction
Gamifying literacy and phonics lessons teaches students valuable social-emotional skills, gives them regular movement breaks, and increases their engagement. - Brain-Based Learning
7 Study Habits to Teach Kids This School Year
Studying is critical to academic success—but many students have never been shown how to do it effectively. - Learning Environments
27 Ways to Optimize Your Classroom Design for Better Learning
A research-based lineup of smart, effective classroom design tips that support deep learning, reduce distraction, and build belonging.
- New Teachers
Guiding Students to Overcome Learned Helplessness
New teachers can create an environment where students feel supported and understand that mistakes are part of the learning process.187Your content has been saved!
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Using Restorative Practices in Preschool
Rather than rely on external rewards or punishment, these classroom management strategies focus on building community.311Your content has been saved!
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Establishing Connections in a New Classroom Community
This low-stakes get-to-know-you game builds community, confidence, and curiosity—key ingredients for a positive classroom culture. - Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
How to Incorporate Student Feedback to Improve SEL
Meaningful input and active engagement from high school students can transform a school’s approach to social and emotional learning.252Your content has been saved!
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Using Digital Media to Promote Screen-Free Learning
Preschool teachers can share these resources with families as a catalyst for at-home learning experiences.168Your content has been saved!
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Integrating STEM Across the Curriculum
Equipping students with transferrable skills such as innovative thinking and problem-solving can have a powerful effect on learning.120Your content has been saved!
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Are Robots Friends or Foes?
A project-based learning unit asks second-grade students this and other questions in an engaging hands-on experience.160Your content has been saved!
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How Accessible Tech Can Promote Empathy and Collaboration
A middle school design and technology teacher breaks down a three-project unit that nicely overlaps with STEAM content.249Your content has been saved!
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Using a Learning Map to Build Exemplary PBL Units
By developing—and revisiting—an instructional roadmap that connects standards, activities, and skill development, these teachers put students on a path toward mastery. - STEM
6 Easily Digestible Math Podcasts
A math specialist breaks down her favorite podcasts, all of which are available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and elsewhere.
- Instructional Coaching
How to Change Up Intervention Groups
When students in intervention groups progress at different rates, it’s important to reconfigure the groups so all students do appropriately challenging work. - Instructional Coaching
Collaboration Tips to Help Instructional Coaches Maximize Their Impact
Working with peers helps instructional coaches grow their repertoire of strategies, to the benefit of teachers and students.439Your content has been saved!
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Using Peer-to-Peer Observations to Support New Teachers
Instructional coaches can support novice teachers by facilitating a meaningful process of peer feedback.333Your content has been saved!
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A 5-Step Plan for Encouraging Teachers to Implement Technology in Lessons
Making sure teachers are involved in implementing new technology can help them feel more comfortable with using it.230Your content has been saved!
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How to Select Effective PD Facilitators
An impactful coach—who may be among your staff—can make in-service days more meaningful and engaging for teachers.253Your content has been saved!
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