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The Research Is In

Research Zeroes In on a Barrier to Reading (Plus, Tips for Teachers)

Teacher Collaboration
How to Choose a Co-Teaching Model
Knowing the pros and cons of the six models of co-teaching can help teachers determine which one is best for a given lesson.
Sean Cassel

Student Voice
Creating a Classroom Culture of Shared Ownership
Getting buy-in from students at the outset encourages them to engage more deeply in their learning.
Miriam Plotinsky
Literacy
6 Ways to Make the Most of Classroom Movies
A Twitter thread on how to elicit real learning from movies draws over 150 teachers—and produces some fantastic ideas.
Stephen Merrill
Communication Skills
Building Perspective Through Meaningful Discussion
When they don’t shy away from talking about tough topics, students and teachers gain a deeper understanding of important issues—and each other.

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Social and Emotional Learning
How to Promote Social, Emotional, and Character Development
There’s no need for funding or special training to bring these approaches and strategies into your classroom right away.
Maurice J. Elias
Communication Skills
What Productive Talk Looks Like in the Elementary Grades
Using sentence stems to scaffold classroom discussions guides students to speak, actively listen, and build on each others’ ideas.
Susan O’Brien
The Research Is In
Research Zeroes In on a Barrier to Reading (Plus, Tips for Teachers)
How much background knowledge is needed to understand a piece of text? New research discovers the tipping point.
Youki Terada
Dual-Language Learning
Building Cross-Cultural Connections in Two Languages
At a bilingual school in Chicago, first-grade teachers swap classrooms so students get lessons in both Mandarin and English.

An Engaging Word Game Helps Students Grasp Implicit Bias

Laura Lee

Teacher Development »

Teacher Development
Writing as a Tool for Reflection
Teachers can find a path to self-improvement by writing for just 10 minutes about key moments from their day.
Laura Lee
New Teachers
Supporting the New Teachers in the Building
Teachers don’t need to be designated mentors to support and encourage the novices in nearby classrooms.
Tom Berger
Education Equity
Dispelling Myths Around Learning Disabilities
One in five students struggle with learning or attention issues like autism, dyscalculia, or ADHD, yet only 17 percent of teachers feel prepared to support them, a new report finds.
Youki Terada
Teacher Development
6 Summer Reads for Teachers
Six engaging books to inspire big-picture thinking on a range of topics from school culture to classroom instruction.
Marissa King

Education Trends »

Education Trends
Lessons From the Cigarette Wars: Harness Student Voices Against Vaping
The number of kids who are vaping has risen dramatically in the last year—and the addictive habit has now claimed its first lives. It's time to let kids know we’ve seen this all before.
Stephen Merrill
Education Trends
What’s Lost When We Rush Kids Through Childhood
The author of "The Importance of Being Little" on the costs of our collective failure to see the world through the eyes of children.
Emily Kaplan
Technology Integration
How Edtech Can Expand What Teachers Do
Education technology has the capacity to increase what a teacher can accomplish in the course of a day’s work.
Kareem Farah, Thomas Arnett
Education Trends
Collaboration in Personalized Learning
Vermont educators are working on models of personalized learning that are built around relationships and connected to community needs.
Katy Farber, Penny Bishop

School Libraries »

Teacher Collaboration
Collaborating With Your School Librarian
Ten ways to work with your highly trained colleagues in the library to enhance literacy instruction.
Jamie Gregory
Learning Environments
Building a 21st-Century Learning Space
A community raised $6 million to construct an innovative 30,000-square-foot facility complete with makerspaces and learning labs.
Culturally Responsive Teaching
The Big Social Justice Book List Project
Laura Thomas
School Libraries
Bringing Design Thinking to the School Library
Want to revamp your library? Design thinking may be just the planning tool you need.
Laura Deisley

Research Zeroes In on a Barrier to Reading (Plus, Tips for Teachers)

How to Choose a Co-Teaching Model

Creating a Classroom Culture of Shared Ownership

6 Ways to Make the Most of Classroom Movies

Building Perspective Through Meaningful Discussion

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How to Promote Social, Emotional, and Character Development

What Productive Talk Looks Like in the Elementary Grades

Research Zeroes In on a Barrier to Reading (Plus, Tips for Teachers)

Building Cross-Cultural Connections in Two Languages

A Student-Driven Approach to Experiential Learning

Inviting Participation With Thumbs-Up Responses

What’s Executive Function—and Why Does It Matter?

A Public School Transitions to Montessori

3 Ways to Ask Questions That Engage the Whole Class

Optimizing Station Rotations in Blended Learning

Maintaining Students’ Motivation for Learning as the Year Goes On

How to Choose a Co-Teaching Model

4 Ways to Foster Positive Student Relationships

An Engaging Word Game Helps Students Grasp Implicit Bias

Laura Lee

Writing as a Tool for Reflection

Supporting the New Teachers in the Building

Dispelling Myths Around Learning Disabilities

6 Summer Reads for Teachers

Lessons From the Cigarette Wars: Harness Student Voices Against Vaping

What’s Lost When We Rush Kids Through Childhood

How Edtech Can Expand What Teachers Do

Collaboration in Personalized Learning

Collaborating With Your School Librarian

Building a 21st-Century Learning Space

The Big Social Justice Book List Project

Bringing Design Thinking to the School Library

Research Zeroes In on a Barrier to Reading (Plus, Tips for Teachers)

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How to Choose a Co-Teaching Model

Creating a Classroom Culture of Shared Ownership

An Engaging Word Game Helps Students Grasp Implicit Bias