- Flexible Classrooms
Why My Classroom Furniture Never Stays Still for Long
Rearranging the desks and tables depending on the learning activity signals to students that they also need a shift in thinking.Your content has been saved!
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Helping Young Multilingual Learners Develop Their Metacognitive Skills
An educator explains how students can more easily access common supports like visuals, sentence frames, and pair-share.Your content has been saved!
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5 Picture Books That Encourage Creativity in Kindergarten
Paired with fun activities, these picture books help build skills like fluency, flexibility, elaboration, and originality. - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
Using a Learning Map to Build Exemplary PBL Units
By developing—and revisiting—an instructional roadmap that connects standards, activities, and skill development, these teachers put students on a path toward mastery.Your content has been saved!
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The Benefits of Collaborating With Your School Librarian
Working with a peer to develop projects for your students can enrich your instruction and support student engagement. - Student Voice
Guiding Students to Lead Opening and Closing Activities
When high school students lead parts of a lesson, they build a strong sense of ownership of their classroom.150Your content has been saved!
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How to Start Building Math Confidence in Preschool
Teachers can get kids comfortable with math concepts by using numeracy-focused vocabulary in everyday classroom activities.113Your content has been saved!
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5 Ways Classroom Teaching Prepares You for Leadership
The everyday experiences of teachers are invaluable in developing the skills necessary for assuming an administrative position.147Your content has been saved!
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How to Avoid 5 Common AI Pitfalls
Even with the best of intentions, problems might arise with artificial intelligence tools. Here’s how to keep things balanced.138Your content has been saved!
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Fueling Real Learning During Unstructured Time
Preschool teachers can use these simple ideas to help ensure that play time supports children’s development.118Your content has been saved!
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- Brain-Based Learning
3 Ways to Help Students Overcome the Forgetting Curve
Our brains are wired to forget things unless we take active steps to remember. Here’s how you can help students hold on to what they learn. - Communication Skills
A Simple Way to Get Elementary Students Writing Every Day
With this easy-to-adapt quick-write strategy, students steadily build their writing skills, a little at a time. - Technology Integration
5 Engaging AI Classroom Activities to Try With Your Students
From targeted writing prompts that get pencils moving to an interactive radio show where students join as the co-host, these AI classroom activities help students take learning to the next level. - Brain-Based Learning
7 Retrieval Activities That Help Learning Stick
These low-pressure, brain-based learning strategies help students retrieve what they know, building confidence and motivation. - Technology Integration
10 Brilliant Uses of Edtech in 2025
We asked educators to share the creative ways they’re solving problems, bolstering classroom learning experiences, and streamlining time-consuming tasks.
- Project-Based Learning (PBL)
Combining PBL and Play in Early Childhood Classrooms
Teachers can integrate play in early elementary classrooms to align students’ developmental needs with academic goals through PBL.259Your content has been saved!
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Using AI Tools to Support Project-Based Learning
Teachers can use an artificial intelligence framework when developing projects to provide well-rounded learning experiences. - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
Empowering Pre-K Students Through Project-Based Learning
Young students can build agency and independence when given the opportunity to make decisions throughout the PBL process. - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
4 Things to Consider Before You Retire a PBL Unit
Project-based learning is a great instructional tool, but it’s important to periodically assess whether units are still effective.163Your content has been saved!
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Launching a PBL Unit With Preschool Students
Take advantage of young students’ natural curiosity through project-based learning that invites them to generate questions they care about.297Your content has been saved!
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- STEM
6 Easily Digestible Math Podcasts
A math specialist breaks down her favorite podcasts, all of which are available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and elsewhere. - STEM
Low-Cost, High-Interest Elementary STEM Activities
Teachers can build an engaging STEM program on a limited budget by going slowly and adding one activity at a time—which also gives them time to learn.324Your content has been saved!
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4 Ways to Connect Elementary Math to Everyday Life
By setting up playful activities built around creativity and real-world relevance, elementary teachers can bring math to life in a whole new way. - STEM
A Guide to Preschool STEAM Activities
Lessons focused on science, technology, engineering, arts, and math give young learners an engaging way to explore new concepts. - English Language Learners
Why Science Class Is the Perfect Place to Build Language Fluency
From word walls to peer presentations, these classroom strategies help students thrive as scientists and English learners.428Your content has been saved!
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- Administration & Leadership
Onboarding New Teachers So They Want to Stay
With these tips, administrators can welcome new teachers to the school and help them feel at home right away.329Your content has been saved!
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Using Peer-to-Peer Observations to Support New Teachers
Instructional coaches can support novice teachers by facilitating a meaningful process of peer feedback.283Your content has been saved!
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23 Ways to Quiet a Chaotic Middle School Class
Teacher-tested attention-getting routines to help you quickly restore calm and focus to noisy middle school classrooms. - New Teachers
Empowering Middle School Students to Create Their Own Scaffolds
By shifting the responsibility of scaffolding to students, teachers can help them be prepared to take ownership of their learning process. - New Teachers
3 Reflection Questions to Help You End the Year Intentionally
Reflecting can help teachers bring closure to the school year, connect with students, and continually improve their practice.
