- School Culture
Transforming Your Hallways Into Learning Environments
Hallway walls can host communal experiences with familiar classroom activities like word searches and cryptograms. - Family Engagement
How to Rock Your Parent Conferences
Conferences can be daunting, especially for new teachers, but they’re also a real chance to build connections that support students’ growth.358Your content has been saved!
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Resources for Teaching Interdisciplinary Writing in Middle School
Interdisciplinary prompts can help strengthen students’ writing skills while deepening their understanding of different subjects.561Your content has been saved!
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The Many Benefits of Writing by Hand
The simple act of writing by hand activates the brain in ways that can strengthen memory, literacy, and learning.Your content has been saved!
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Fostering Complex Thinking in Preschool Through Layered Learning
Teachers can build on young children’s interests to create learning experiences that encourage curiosity and creativity.235Your content has been saved!
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Teaching Middle and High School Students How AI Works
A computer science and robotics teacher explains how he teaches the science behind machine learning with a templated lesson format. - Student Engagement
The Difference Between Engagement and Interest in High School Science Classes
Teachers can use these ideas to turn students’ willingness to participate in an activity into something more meaningful.1.1kYour content has been saved!
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Making Space for Science in Your Elementary Classroom
These ideas for prioritizing space—both physical and temporal—for science can help teachers give the subject the attention it deserves.2.2kYour content has been saved!
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Using Picture Books as Entry Points for Complex Topics in Middle School
Teachers can use nonfiction picture books to introduce background information and vocabulary so that students have a mental framework for understanding a new unit.1.9kYour content has been saved!
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3 Habits Students Can Develop to Find Credible Online Resources
As students become more acquainted with social media and AI, these habits can help them distinguish credible sources from misinformation.10.5kYour content has been saved!
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- Literacy
How to Lock In New Vocabulary in 10 Minutes a Day
A weeklong vocabulary routine with movement and repetition helps students go beyond definitions and put new words to use in conversation and writing. - Student Voice
Using Quick, Regular Surveys to Help Students Feel Seen
High school teachers can use these ideas to quickly gather insights into how students are doing both academically and personally.60.1kYour content has been saved!
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How Good Teachers Get Even Better
Like elite athletes and musicians, even outstanding teachers have room to grow. Here are 6 research-based ways to keep sharpening your skills. - AI in Education
5 ‘Good’ AI Use Cases That Are Actually Bad for Students
Consider the specific skills that students are meant to practice, then determine whether using AI outsources the work needed to build them. - School Libraries
How Book Cover Keychains Boosted Our School’s Culture of Reading
This clever idea, which came from a librarian’s TikTok, is easy to carry out and encourages lively conversations about books.
- Technology Integration
Encouraging Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose in Computer Science
A middle school teacher describes how he uses ideas from Daniel Pink’s book ‘Drive’ to instill a sense of agency in his students.1.3kYour content has been saved!
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5 ‘Good’ AI Use Cases That Are Actually Bad for Students
Consider the specific skills that students are meant to practice, then determine whether using AI outsources the work needed to build them. - AI in Education
Can AI Pass as Shakespeare? Let Students Be the Judge
By prompting an AI chatbot to craft a Shakespearean sonnet, then auditing its fidelity to the form, students get a crash course in close reading (and a healthy dose of AI skepticism). - Technology Integration
7 Ways Tech Can Make Learning More Visible to Families
From weekly recaps to shared portfolios, simple digital routines can give families a clearer picture of what’s happening in the classroom. - Student Voice
Using Quick, Regular Surveys to Help Students Feel Seen
High school teachers can use these ideas to quickly gather insights into how students are doing both academically and personally.60.1kYour content has been saved!
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- English Language Learners
Looking Beyond Grades for Signs of Multilingual Students’ Progress
Taking participation, oral language expansion, and academic risk-taking into consideration can give teachers a broad sense of students’ growth. - English Language Learners
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.11.1kYour content has been saved!
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Schoolwide Support for Multilingual Learners
School leaders have a key role to play in ensuring that all teachers are able to deliver instruction that promotes multilingual students’ growth.3kYour content has been saved!
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Helping Multilingual Students Adjust to a New High School
Teachers can positively impact five factors that contribute to students’ sense of belonging: support networks, language, participation opportunities, safety, and recognition.2.5kYour content has been saved!
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8 Ways to Help English Learners Improve Their Digital Fluency
The fact that software applications have common functions in different formats may not be obvious to students also navigating a new language, and these scaffolds can help.2.6kYour content has been saved!
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- Student Wellness
Supporting Students With Executive Function Challenges
A one-on-one intervention framework can help high school students with ADHD improve their executive function habits.2.7kYour content has been saved!
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Using Precise, Positive Praise in the Classroom
Explicitly acknowledging replicable behaviors is an effective way to encourage all students to meet expectations. - 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.903Your content has been saved!
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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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