- Community Partnerships
Setting Up an Intergenerational Reading Buddies Program
Elementary schools can use this framework to recruit adult reading buddies to help build community and students’ love of reading.Your content has been saved!
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A Teacher Reflection Practice for the New School Year
It’s important for teachers to process their feelings about previous challenges so that they can learn and grow from their experiences.Your content has been saved!
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8 Pre-Phonics Games Get Kids Playing With Words and Sounds
It can be tempting to jump right into phonics, but starting with listening and speaking helps preschool students begin to learn to read more naturally.Your content has been saved!
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3 Evidence-Based Ways to Supercharge Paper Notebooks
When paper notebooks become a primary workspace, students can organize their ideas, visualize key concepts, and better track their learning.5.9kYour content has been saved!
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How to Identify Problems That Students Care About Solving
Finding worthwhile challenges for project-based learning can be tough. Here are a few approaches that work well.148Your content has been saved!
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Embedding AI Literacy in Professional Learning
A professional learning session doesn’t need to be focused on AI to include tips on how teachers can navigate the technology.150Your content has been saved!
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How to Determine a Multilingual Student’s Proficiency With Academic English
English learners who understand an academic concept may still struggle to articulate their understanding, and these scaffolds can help.146Your content has been saved!
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Podcast: The Extraordinary Impact of Drawing to Learn
In Selim Tlili’s high school classroom, sketching isn’t about artistic ability. It’s a simple—but powerful—tactic for boosting student recall and comprehension.
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The Missing Question in Teacher Reflection: What Went Right?
These reflection strategies can help teachers shift from self-criticism to recognizing their growth and building on what’s already working. - Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
Building Your Elementary Classroom Community With Drama Games
These activities help create the social glue every classroom needs. And none of them require props, a stage, or drama training.252Your content has been saved!
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How Movement and Repetition Help Vocabulary Stick
A daily routine that combines visual, auditory, and kinesthetic inputs helps students learn new words, recognize them when reading, and remember their meanings. - Literacy
60-Second Strategy: Waterfall Reading
This choral reading activity builds fluency and confidence, especially for students who feel overwhelmed at the prospect of reading out loud alone.85.4kYour content has been saved!
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15 Ways to Use Novelty to Boost Student Engagement
These activities give teachers opportunities to present students with learning experiences that pique their curiosity. - The Research Is In
Are Student Attention Spans Really Shrinking?
It’s not a mirage—students are struggling to focus like never before. But shorter attention spans may not be the culprit, experts explain. - Administration & Leadership
Making Sure Every Child in School Feels Known
Decades of research underscore the benefits of student belonging. Here’s how five school leaders create systems to put that into action.
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Will These 6 Sneaky Charts, Maps, and Graphs Deceive Your Students?
In a media landscape overrun with slick data visualizations, students must develop the skills to scrutinize what’s presented to them as fact—or risk being led astray. - Technology Integration
How to Cocreate AI Agreements With Students
By adapting the familiar practice of co-creating classroom norms, teachers can help students make more thoughtful decisions about when—and when not—to use AI.2.2kYour content has been saved!
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23 Ways to Unplug and Prioritize Paper Over Screens
Looking to reduce screen time without sacrificing engagement? Start with these research-backed, teacher-tested analog activities. - Critical Thinking
The Many Benefits of Having High School Students Go Touch Grass
Access to technology means students usually begin with someone else’s observations instead of their own. This activity can change that. - Technology Integration
Podcast: How Nicholas Ferroni is Rewiring His Classroom for Human Connection
As debates about reducing classroom tech heat up, a popular high school teacher shares some practical tips for striking a better balance.
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Setting Up Constraints to Inspire Creative Thinking
When students have less to work with, they approach STEM challenges in new and different ways. - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
High-Quality Learning With Small-Scale PBL
STEM teachers can try this five-day project-based learning cycle to give students a meaningful experience on a short timeline.3.7kYour content has been saved!
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Exploring the Science of Flight With Model Rockets and Airplanes
These hands-on projects are a highly engaging way for high school students to explore aerodynamics and physics.1.3kYour content has been saved!
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A STEM-Focused Mentoring Program for High School Students
Learning from professionals in specialized fields allows students to acquire transferable skills that can support them in their future careers.687Your content has been saved!
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Designing Outdoor STEM Learning for Elementary Students
A framework for turning nearby trails, campus green spaces, and community sites into classrooms.3kYour content has been saved!
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- School Libraries
How K–8 Libraries Can Be Hubs of Student Well‑Being
School librarians can play a key role in ensuring that students feel that they belong, matter, and have value. - Mindfulness
Increasing Student Mindfulness With Improv Games
Guiding students to listen, breathe, and be present can be a lot of fun with these three drama-based activities.681Your content has been saved!
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Harnessing Joy in the Service of Learning
By encouraging students to do hard things in collaboration with peers, teachers can help them experience joy, the fuel that allows them to struggle well. - Student Wellness
5 Ways to Ease the Transition to Preschool
In the first few days and weeks, it’s important to make sure young children feel that they are valued and that they belong.2.2kYour content has been saved!
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Promoting Body Inclusivity to Strengthen Student Belonging
School leaders can use these three questions to foster a culture in which students feel valued for who they are and not how they look.1.5kYour content has been saved!
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