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Making Your MTSS Framework Work for Teachers
By considering what teachers need to be successful, schools can create more effective student support programs.Your content has been saved!
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9 Simple Ways to Deter AI Use and Deepen Student Thinking
Activities that ask students to briefly pause and reflect before, during, and after they finish writing emphasize the importance of the process, rather than the final product.Your content has been saved!
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How to Make Group Work Work
Group projects have plenty of potential pitfalls, but you can teach students how to set themselves up for successful collaboration.250Your content has been saved!
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60-Second Strategy: Coffee Shop Mode
A simple visual cue helps students practice independence and problem-solving while creating uninterrupted time for small group instruction.Your content has been saved!
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Leading Science PD with Genuine Wonder
When teachers are invited to get curious during professional development, they are better able to inspire the same feeling in students. - Administration & Leadership
Creating a School Culture Where Progress Is Valued
A middle school incentive program that recognizes effort and growth can help improve student learning outcomes.214Your content has been saved!
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Podcast: How to Jumpstart Belonging in Your Classroom From Day One
The first week of school can set the tone for the entire year. Teacher Marcus Luther shares powerful yet simple routines that build trust, help students feel known, and strengthen the classroom community.
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Why District Leaders Should Prioritize One-on-One Meetings With Principals
Making time to address challenges, celebrate successes, and prove direct coaching is an effective way to support principals.508Your content has been saved!
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The Power of Watching Your Teaching on Replay
When paired with reflection and peer feedback, video gives teachers a practical way to revisit lessons, analyze student learning, and make targeted improvements.394Your content has been saved!
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Teaching a Deeper Understanding of Language With a Yearlong Word Journal
Guiding elementary students to dive into learning about how a single word can boost their curiosity and vocabulary skills.
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An Approach to Structured Literacy for Older Struggling Readers
Teachers can use AI to generate age-appropriate leveled texts that encourage reading skills development.48.1kYour content has been saved!
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The IKEA Effect: You Built It, You’re Invested in It
People become more invested when they help shape the systems around them, and teachers and school leaders can use that to create a strong school culture. - Restorative Practices
Late Work Policies That Motivate Students Without Punishing Them
Completing work on time is a learnable skill, and teachers can use these restorative practices to help students develop it. - Literacy
Using Movement as an Instructional Tool in Literacy
When kids are able to move, they learn better. Here's how to give young students more opportunities to move throughout lessons. - Education Trends
The 2025–26 School Year in Review, From Your Point of View
Spirited discussions, light bulb moments, and the occasional hot take: Here’s what got you—our educator community—buzzing this year.
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Using Clubs to Foster Real-World Skills
Elementary teachers can create authentic contexts for students to practice critical thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving skills. - Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
4 Civics Activities for Elementary Students
These exercises can help young students care about others and work to solve real problems affecting their classrooms and communities.2kYour content has been saved!
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How Teachers Can Reinforce to Students That They Matter
Small classroom changes and gestures that emphasize relationships, growth, and well-being can have a big impact on students. - Student Wellness
3 Activities to Help Students Feel Grounded
When students are dysregulated, asking them to focus can be counterproductive. Instead, build in activities that help them stay grounded.7.7kYour content has been saved!
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5 Strategies to Help Students End the Year With Calm Confidence
Elementary teachers can help ease the stress of the final weeks of school by teaching students SEL skills they can use anywhere.
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5 Ways to Build Classroom Community in the First Days of School
The right getting-to-know-you activities can help students move beyond introductions and make connection feel natural—not forced.Your content has been saved!
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What Purposefully Circulating Through the Classroom Looks Like
Close observation during tasks helps teachers correct misunderstandings and celebrate when students are getting things right. - Restorative Practices
Using Restorative Conversations for Effective Classroom Management
Tips for teachers who are willing to trade consequence-based control for a framework of calm observation, genuine curiosity, and honest impact.10.1kYour content has been saved!
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Warming Up Cold Calling by Writing Ideas Down First
When students can respond to questions on mini-whiteboards prior to being called on, they feel more prepared—and everyone participates in thinking through the answers. - Differentiated Instruction
Podcast: One Task, Many Doors: A More Effective Way to Differentiate
Three low-prep ways to differentiate instruction that keep kids learning together.
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Podcast: 11 Ways to Improve Teacher Well-Being
Laurie Santos, the renowned Yale professor, cognitive scientist, and host of The Happiness Lab, shares a science-backed toolkit for busy educators in need of a wellness tune-up.
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Helping Students Feel Safe in an Uncertain World
There’s no magic strategy for living through hard times, but educators can support students by creating spaces that feel safe and joyful.2.2kYour content has been saved!
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How to Teach Kids to Be Kind to Themselves
Kindness toward others is often taught in elementary school, but it’s also important for students to extend it to themselves.11.1kYour content has been saved!
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How Tech Tools Can Simplify and Improve Your Multi-Tiered System of Supports
This middle school made gains in supporting students by setting up shared spreadsheets, digital referral forms, and predictable routines.2.1kYour content has been saved!
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The Research on Protecting Teacher Well-Being
Laurie Santos, host of the popular podcast The Happiness Lab, on how our minds deceive us, why "time affluence" matters, and what we can do to reset our parasympathetic nervous system.53.5kYour content has been saved!
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