School Leadership
Forging Stronger Bonds Across a District
Flash lessons get administrators out of their offices and into classrooms—and can strengthen their connections with teachers.
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Back to School
Relationships Matter More Than Rules
Community building in the classroom starts on day one. Try these strategies to begin forging strong relationships.
Student Voice
When We Listen to Students
If you want to know how to reach, engage, and best teach your students, ask them. Here are example questions and tips...
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Readers Weigh In
7 Outstanding K–8 Flexible Classrooms
K–8 educators from across the country give you a peek at their classrooms—and explain how they managed the...
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Coding in the Classroom
The Impact of Student-Created Apps
Building apps teaches teens far more than just computer skills—they also learn social entrepreneurship and gain self-...
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Project-Based Learning
Using PBL to Meet C3 Social Studies Standards
Project-based learning aligns with and enhances the College, Career, and Civic Life Framework for Social Studies State Standards.
Classroom Management
Rules and Routines in the Classroom
An argument for keeping hard rules to a minimum.
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PBL Planning
Real-World Applications of Classroom Learning
Project-based learning ideas that have your students collaborate with peers around the world and apply their learning to make a difference.
Professional Development
Best Education Podcasts 2017
Teachers, psychologists, and authors bring you handy tips and big-picture takes on the state of education in these eight podcasts.
Teacher Collaboration
Want to Improve a District? Let Teachers Lead the Way
A Connecticut superintendent put teachers and students at the forefront of all decisions and transformed a district.
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Learning Environments
The Sensory Room: Helping Students With Autism Focus and Learn
Imagine a safe space where students with autism can go to calm their bodies and then get back to the business of learning.
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Trading Places
Birmingham Covington: Building a Student-Centered School
Educators take on the role of guides and motivate students to direct their own learning.
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Social and Emotional Learning
13 Powerful SEL Activities
Build social and emotional skills into any class.
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Series
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Community Partnerships
The Big List of Educational Grants and Resources
Get a roundup of educational grants, contests, awards, free toolkits, and classroom guides aimed at helping students, classrooms, schools, and communities. Check this page weekly to get the latest updates!
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Readers Weigh In
7 Outstanding K–8 Flexible Classrooms
K–8 educators from across the country give you a peek at their classrooms—and explain how they managed the transformations.
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Readers Weigh In
High School Flexible Seating Done Right
Interested in switching to flexible seating? Get funding ideas, helpful tips, and how-to photos from the pros—your fellow high school teachers.
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Literacy
A Skill Strong Readers Share
Metacognition helps readers analyze texts as they read, and it’s a skill you can teach your students.
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The Research Is In
A Surprising Way to Reduce Math Stress
A new study finds that a simple writing exercise can improve students’ math outcomes.
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Character Education
Doorways Into Activism
Books can give children an entry point to taking action in the outside world by providing examples of how to address bullying, bias, and injustice.
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Project-Based Learning
Using PBL to Meet C3 Social Studies Standards
Project-based learning aligns with and enhances the College, Career, and Civic Life Framework for Social Studies State Standards.
PBL Planning
Real-World Applications of Classroom Learning
Project-based learning ideas that have your students collaborate with peers around the world and apply their learning...
PBL Planning
Project-Based Learning in Colombia
An American educator reports on how the South American nation is using PBL.
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PBL Planning
Making Earth Day More Than Just a One-Day Celebration
Resources for connecting project-based learning to Earth Day—for students of all ages.
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Classroom Management
Rules and Routines in the Classroom
An argument for keeping hard rules to a minimum.
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Inquiry-Based Learning
Playful Inquiry for Elementary Students
Six suggestions for bringing a key idea from a Reggio Emilia–inspired school to your K–5 classroom.
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Back to School
Building Trust With Parents
Suggestions for how to make back-to-school night a hit for you and your students’ parents.
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Differentiated Instruction
A Reading List for Differentiated Instruction
You can find ideas on how to gear your teaching to meet the needs of all students even in works that aren’t explicitly...
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