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  • Professional Learning

    When Teachers Overcome Math Anxiety, Students Benefit

    To prevent the rise of math anxiety in elementary students, teachers need confidence in their own conceptual understanding of the subject.
    Shelby Strong
  • Teen girl participates in distance learning in her bedroom
    Teaching Strategies

    One-on-One Conferences as a Tool for Building a Rapport With Students

    A high school English teacher discusses the logistics behind meeting with each student individually—and more importantly, why it’s a good idea.
  • Elementary school students in classroom with hands raised
    Teaching Strategies

    Virtual Teaching Practices With Staying Power

    Remote teaching prompted teachers to find new ways to reach kids and build a feeling of community, and some of those will be well worth keeping.
  • Making Classrooms More Inclusive for Multilingual Learners
    English Language Learners

    Making Classrooms More Inclusive for Multilingual Learners

    Taking an asset-based approach to supporting students who are new to the English language can help them thrive.
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    Diversity

    Incorporating Asian American and Pacific Islander Experiences in Elementary School

    These books help students explore historical and contemporary experiences of Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.
  • Student uses tablet in classroom
    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.
    125
  • Two teenage girls greet each other with a fist bump on an urban sidewalk
    Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)

    Using Literature to Help Teens Develop Healthy Relationships

    Teachers have long used literature to help students examine their own lives, and that may be more valuable than ever right now.
    210
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    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.
    1.3k
  • High school students working together
    Literacy

    4 Strategies to Scaffold Complex But Essential Reading

    When tackling complex or crucial topics, all students benefit from targeted scaffolding so they can understand and absorb what they’re reading.
    298
  • Author's comic strip math problem
    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
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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.
    23k
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    Arts Integration

    How—and Why—to Introduce Visual Note-Taking to Your Students

    Visual note-taking allows information to be processed by the brain in three different ways.
    3.3k
  • Elementary school teacher teaches virtually from her classroom
    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.
    1.7k
  • A teenage girl reads in a park
    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.
    1.3k
  • Author's comic strip math problem
    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

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