- Education Equity
A Schoolwide Focus on Improving Students’ Reading Skills
Differentiated instruction was the key when an elementary school sought more equitable outcomes in students’ growth as readers. - Diversity
Encouraging Middle School Students to Embrace Differences
As students grapple with discovering their identities, teachers can help by modeling how to accept different identities with compassion. - Critical Thinking
The Mistake-Friendly Classroom
Learning from mistakes is crucial for growth. Here are a few ways teachers can prepare to take advantage of them. - Game-Based Learning
4 Ways to Use Games for Learning
Research shows that playing games in the classroom can increase student participation, foster social and emotional learning, and motivate students to take risks. - School Libraries
A Digital Library Spawns More Reading
At a high school in Florida, ebooks transformed student reading habits—and improved proficiency across a wide range of students. - Student Engagement
Teachers Opt For More Leniency, and Get Better Work
Extending understanding in subtle ways can lead to more student ownership, and unleash unexpected possibilities in the classroom. - Arts Integration
How to Use Images to Teach Creative Writing
Landscape paintings can inspire elementary students to use their five senses and incorporate imaginative details in their writing. - Teaching Strategies
Teaching Elementary Students About the Concept of Injustice
Students gain a rich understanding of civil rights when they build from their ideas of fairness to the larger issue of justice.119 - Family Engagement
Using a ‘Less Is More’ Approach to Engage Parents
Parents of preschoolers generally want to be involved in their kids’ education—the key is to ease they way for them.134 - Environmental Education
Building a Sustainable Future—One Classroom at a Time
A mini-golf course, a canoe trip down the local river, a discussion about environmental justice. Here’s how schools are teaching students about environmental science.160
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- Education Equity
Too Much Focus on ‘Learning Loss’ Will Be a Historic Mistake
Learning loss is real and needs to be addressed, but how we go about it should be commensurate with the size of the moment.24.2k - Technology Integration
Powerful, Lesser-Known Tech Tools for Teachers
Efficiency and engagement are critical components of online learning—these often-overlooked, free tools can boost both.2.6k - The Research Is In
The Benefits of Reading for Fun
There’s a powerful academic impact, new research reveals, when students are voracious, voluntary readers.1.6k - Student Engagement
How to Turn Math Word Problems Into Engaging Comics
Elementary students may struggle with the wording of problems, and the visual supports of comics can help them focus on the math.1.3k - Professional Learning
How to Get a Teaching Job in 2021
We surveyed administrators, instructional coaches, and career counselors around the country for their insights on applying for teaching jobs this year.1.3k
- Game-Based Learning
4 Ways to Use Games for Learning
Research shows that playing games in the classroom can increase student participation, foster social and emotional learning, and motivate students to take risks. - School Libraries
A Digital Library Spawns More Reading
At a high school in Florida, ebooks transformed student reading habits—and improved proficiency across a wide range of students. - Technology Integration
How to Get the Benefits of Interactive Notebooks in Digital Formats
Spiral-bound interactive notebooks have long been a popular way to encourage creativity and critical thinking—and digital versions can do so as well.139 - Technology Integration
A Classroom Without Walls: Teachers Take Their Lessons to TikTok
TikTok’s bite-sized video content helps educators deliver key academic concepts while their students learn anywhere, anytime.
- Research
Bolstering Executive Function in Middle and High School Students
When adults support development of teens' executive function skills during the critical years of adolescence, it can have a lifelong impact.1.9k - Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
How Predictable Routines Can Support Students This Summer
As a difficult school year comes to a close, many students will benefit from planning ahead for summer well-being.372 - Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
How to Foster Self-Motivation in High School
Students benefit from understanding what causes procrastination—and from specific tactics that help them manage their study time.998 - Brain-Based Learning
10 New Focused Attention Practices
Whether students are in class or at home, these quick breaks can help them find calm and prime their brains for learning.1.5k
- Critical Thinking
The Mistake-Friendly Classroom
Learning from mistakes is crucial for growth. Here are a few ways teachers can prepare to take advantage of them. - Technology Integration
How to Get the Benefits of Interactive Notebooks in Digital Formats
Spiral-bound interactive notebooks have long been a popular way to encourage creativity and critical thinking—and digital versions can do so as well.139 - Technology Integration
Using Online Whiteboards to Boost Student Engagement and Confidence in Math
Two teachers who had students use individual dry-erase boards in the classroom have switched to online whiteboards—a change they plan to keep.1.6k - Literacy
Encouraging Students to Read for Deeper Comprehension
Attentive coaching and carefully crafted assessments guide high school students toward literacy skills that last a lifetime.1.1k



