- Administration & Leadership
Question: How Should the Systems for Evaluating Teachers Change?
Share your thoughts on teacher evaluations. We're listening and may quote you!17102 - Instructional Coaching
Improving Your Teaching With an AI Coach
New tools are leveraging artificial intelligence to help teachers glean insights into how they interact with students.133 - Student Engagement
Protocols That Get All Students Talking in Class Discussions
These intentional response strategies create entry points for students who may feel reticent to share in class discussions.3111 - Brain-Based Learning
Jump-Starting Academic Learning With Movement and Dance
The benefits of movement in the classroom aren’t limited to younger students. Pairing new words and concepts with gestures or dance moves locks in understanding—and active brain breaks prime students to learn even more. - Literacy
Tips for Improving Vocabulary Instruction in Middle School
These strategies go beyond flash cards to help students learn new terms and apply them in novel contexts.1121 - Literacy
Centering Classroom Values in Peer Writing Workshops
By structuring peer feedback processes with intention, teachers can help students develop reflection and communication skills.107 - Culturally Responsive Teaching
The Benefits of Defining Inclusion With Your Students
Teachers can facilitate conversations to ensure that students feel welcomed, heard, and valued in the classroom.3129 - Teaching Strategies
Designing Effective Microlessons
This four-step framework allows teachers to engage students in a short, powerful lesson.1120 - Technology Integration
3 Super Engaging Ways to Integrate Technology Into Lessons for Young Readers
Early elementary teachers can use robots and apps to develop literacy skills and boost students’ interest in reading.1181 - Homework
Assigning More Meaningful Math Homework
A small set of problems or even one substantial problem can be enough to supplement classroom instruction.1219
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- Technology Integration
10 Student-Tested Chrome Extensions
Many teachers and students use the popular browser, and it’s easy to customize with these extensions that really benefit students.10.7k - Collaborative Learning
60-Second Strategy: Whiteboard Relay
The team competition is fierce in this informal assessment activity, in which students have to work together to win.2.4k - Classroom Management
Incorporating the Calming Corner Into Station Rotation
Elementary students benefit from opportunities to take a break from academic learning and explore activities that support their emotional development.31.6k - Teaching Strategies
22 Unexpectedly Effective Teaching Hacks
Teachers across the country share the most useful teaching tips they’ve learned—everything from the utility of Velcro to the power of periodically faking amnesia.101.4k - Student Engagement
How to Get Students Talking About Their Learning
These simple strategies can help motivate middle and high school students to have engaging and productive classroom discussions.41.2k
- Assessment
How to Use Universal Design for Learning to Create Assessments
Providing elementary students with multiple means of action and expression helps ensure that teachers create equitable, valid assessments.3558 - Formative Assessment
Improving Your Pre-Unit Assessment
Periodically challenging students with grade-level content they haven’t yet mastered helps construct deeper connections to key concepts.246 - Assessment
Using AI to Help Students Prepare for the SAT
Creating college entrance exam prep materials can take a lot of time, but artificial intelligence tools make the process easier.266 - Assessment
Making the Switch to Evidence-Based Grading
A desire for fairness and uniformity in grading prompted one district to make a big change.1.1k - Assessment
How to Involve Early Elementary Students in Data Collection
Tracking information related to their learning teaches students useful data skills and guides them to work on goal-setting.3654
- Brain-Based Learning
9 Brain Breaks That Teens Will Love
Students are still learning, even during brief breaks, which serve to help them decompress, refocus, and process new information.1k - Research
3 Learning Myths It’s Time to Bust
Ditching these misconceptions about how the brain learns best—and following what the research really says—can help teachers better support students’ development.1k - Research
Finding the Retrieval ‘Sweet Spot’ for Students
To help students understand and recall challenging material, spend more time in collaborative practices like drawing and highlighting together, new research says.910 - Brain-Based Learning
How Metacognition Can Improve Learning Outcomes
Teachers can empower students to recognize their strengths by offering them activities that guide them to reflect on their learning.680 - Brain-Based Learning
17 Brain Breaks Tailored for High Schoolers
As high school students navigate more rigorous academic tasks and denser curricular material, the occasional 3-to-5-minute break delivers a wide range of benefits.7.3k
- Mental Health
How to Provide Cost-Effective Sensory Spaces for Students
School counselors can offer teachers a variety of tools to use in their classrooms that support students’ mental health.167 - Special Education
Tapping Into the 5 Senses to Support Students With Disabilities
Activities that draw upon the five senses—such as spending time outdoors—can be centering for students in special education.3257 - Classroom Management
Self-Regulation Strategies for Transitions
To help young students learn to manage transitions between activities, consider these simple whole class exercises.63.4k - Mental Health
6 Ways to Promote Emotional Well-Being in Tweens
Teachers can encourage these students to develop skills that help ease stress and improve their sense of self-confidence.4685 - Education Equity
3 Tips for Making Your Classroom More Gender Inclusive
Helping gender-expansive students feel seen and included doesn’t have to be complicated—and it benefits everyone in the class.339
