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A look at ways teachers can refine their practices to help ensure that students absorb and process information so they can retrieve it later.

An occupational therapist shares movement breaks and simple tools that help elementary students focus on the written word.

The learning scientist Manu Kapur, architect of the theory of productive failure, on reframing our notion of failure, and letting kids stumble (but with purpose).

Working to improve their handwriting can help middle school students improve their reading and writing skills as well.

With a few shifts in the classroom, teachers can encourage students to pay more attention to the skills they are building than to a number or letter score.

Teachers can take small actions to ensure that the tests they give build students’ confidence, refine skills, and encourage independence.

Learning stories are narratives that demonstrate in images and text the learning process of students in preschool through grade 2.

This innovative assessment tool has students engage in metacognitive reflection by assembling and presenting evidence of their learning.

A strategy for designing classroom competitions that encourage all students to learn from each other as well as from their own trial and error.

Students can use an old ELA tactic—word sorts—to understand how different math concepts are related, allowing them to decode increasingly complex problems.

When kids collaborated on making a sensory path for their school, what started as an occupational therapy zone became a welcoming, playful space that benefited all students.

A personally and socially relevant project ties what middle school students study in science class to developments in the world around them.

Early childhood teachers and school leaders can work together to make sure each room has the most effective resources.

Investing time early in the year to establish procedures and expectations lets teachers and students enjoy a classroom that runs more smoothly (almost!) every day.

With around $150 and help from the leadership team and support staff, two educators created a space where students can release stress.

From composing a class charter to practicing morning meetings, these student-centered strategies create a nurturing environment where learners can thrive.