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How to Prepare Students to Learn by Teaching
Ideas for how to have older students teach younger ones, shared by a teacher at a high school career academy for future teachers.
Elizabeth Aguila
Social and Emotional Learning
Teaching Friendship Skills in Preschool
Young children want friends but don’t always know how to treat them, so promoting heathy ideas about friendship in preschool is key.
Gerard Visco
Education Trends
There’s a Cell Phone in Your Student’s Head
A 2017 study found that cell phones that were turned off and stashed away silently reasserted themselves—distracting working students anyway.
Assessment
A Strategy for Reducing Math Test Anxiety
Letting students discuss a test with peers before they take it can reduce anxiety—and it creates an opportunity to ask deeper questions.
Howie Hua
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Curriculum Planning
Incorporating LGBTQIA+ Content in History Lessons
An inclusive history curriculum benefits all students by providing mirrors to their own lives and windows into others’ lived experiences.
Meg Honey
Culturally Responsive Teaching
Windows and Mirrors: Learning About Difference—and Belonging—Through Books
When there is diversity in classroom materials, students connect to the experiences of others—and have their own reflected and valued.
Culturally Responsive Teaching
Why Diverse Classroom Libraries Matter
At a school in Oakland, California, students see themselves—and the broader world—in the books they read.
Nora Fleming
Teaching Strategies
Tips for Writing Strong Letters of Recommendation
Use personal narratives to write authentic, effective, and compelling recommendation letters.
David Cutler
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Design Thinking
Design Thinking: A Problem Solving Framework
Students learn to empathize with others around the globe while solving real-world problems.
Project-Based Learning
A Research-Backed Science Curriculum
Learning collaboratively through projects yields results for middle school students.
Social and Emotional Learning
The Big Picture: Integrating SEL Across a District
The 168 schools in the Nashville district collaborate to bolster school culture and instruction with social and emotional learning.
Communication Skills
60-Second Strategy: Discussion Mapping
Following discussions with a quick reflection exercise helps students sharpen their speaking and listening skills.
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Brain-Based Learning
Unraveling the Myths Around Reading and Dyslexia
Teachers are seeking new training to understand the brain science around dyslexia, the most commonly reported disability among children.
Holly Korbey
Assessment
Tips for Allowing Test Retakes
Allowing students a chance to redo tests and assignments can help them keep striving for mastery, if the process is well managed.
David Cutler
Interest-Based Learning
Using Rubik’s Cubes to Teach Math
A high school math teacher designed hands-on learning experiences and fostered deep engagement with Rubik’s Cubes.
Dan Van der Vieren
Social and Emotional Learning
A Two-Step Process for Reducing Chronic Absenteeism
Getting students back in the building is just step one—next comes fostering a positive school climate so that they want to stay.
Maurice J. Elias
School Climate
Supporting LGBTQ Students in Elementary School
Three strategies elementary school teachers can use to foster a sense of inclusion for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students.
Paul France
The Research Is In
Why Students Forget—and What You Can Do About It
Youki Terada
Literacy »
Literacy
Critical Literacy in Early Elementary Grades
Using a form of literary criticism in tandem with drama activities helps young students think deeply about how stories are constructed.
Justine Bruyère
Literacy
Reading Aloud to Middle School Students
Hearing books read aloud benefits older students, enhancing language arts instruction and building a community of readers.
Kasey Short
Literacy
A Game-Changing Practice Fuses Math and Literacy
A program that scaffolds math with reading and writing has a formerly struggling elementary school in the Bronx dramatically outperforming the state in math.
Emelina Minero
Literacy
Gaming as a Tool for Narrative Writing
Teachers are leveraging the power of gaming to turn even reluctant student writers into enthusiastic storytellers.
Suzie Boss
Technology Integration »
Education Trends
There’s a Cell Phone in Your Student’s Head
A 2017 study found that cell phones that were turned off and stashed away silently reasserted themselves—distracting working students anyway.
Blended Learning
A Student-Centered Model of Blended Learning
When educators at a Washington, DC, high school ditched their lectures and devised a self-paced blended learning model, their students thrived.
Blended Learning
Blended Learning Built on Teacher Expertise
An inside look at a teacher-designed instructional model that combines blended learning, student self-pacing, and mastery-based grading.
Kareem Farah
Literacy
Gaming as a Tool for Narrative Writing
Teachers are leveraging the power of gaming to turn even reluctant student writers into enthusiastic storytellers.
Suzie Boss
Collaborative Learning »
Collaborative Learning
How-To: The Jigsaw Method, Revisited
An excellent video on an older, cooperative learning strategy that researchers say remains highly effective.
Stephen Merrill
Literacy
More Than Highlighting: Creative Annotations
Active strategies for annotation like collaborative work and illustration increase students’ comprehension and retention.
Lauren Gehr
Collaborative Learning
Group Work That Works
Educators weigh in on solutions to the common pitfalls of group work.
Emelina Minero
Communication Skills
Encouraging Academic Conversations With Talk Moves
Sentence starters that students use to join a class discussion encourage both academic thinking and social connectedness.
