- Administration & Leadership
4 Ways to Increase Your Leadership Team’s Problem-Solving Capacity
Both the collective talents of team members and robust team processes are needed to address the multidimensional challenges schools confront today.Your content has been saved!
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How to Develop Self-Reliant Learners
Supporting students in developing self-regulation, executive function skills, and self-agency can improve their ability to succeed in school.Your content has been saved!
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Real, Fake, or Deepfake? This Lesson Helps Students Decide
Students examine videos and online information to investigate what is real and what is not in this engaging lesson.Your content has been saved!
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AI Tool Demo: Handling Teaching’s Tough Tasks With Brisk
This popular browser extension addresses two teacher needs—quickly generating customized sub plans and tracking the evolution of student writing assignments.Your content has been saved!
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A Fred Rogers–Inspired Approach to SEL
Elementary teachers can focus on these fundamentals of child development to support social and emotional learning.109Your content has been saved!
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8 Creative Performance Tasks for World Language Classes
Try these ideas to move from vocabulary quizzes to activities where students communicate in real-world situations.107Your content has been saved!
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Boosting Engagement in Biology With Storylines
Organizing curriculum around a central story motivates students to advance the narrative while mastering advanced material.111Your content has been saved!
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How to Make the Most of Rainy-Day Recess
Preschool teacher-tested strategies for turning outdoor play into adventurous social and emotional lessons—no matter the forecast.107Your content has been saved!
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Using AI to Support Universal Design for Learning in Elementary School
These tech tools provide elementary teachers with ways to differentiate instruction, increasing student engagement and choice.129Your content has been saved!
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The Power of Positive Self-Talk in Kindergarten
Teachers can guide students to practice a behavior that provides encouragement and promotes feelings of personal success.126Your content has been saved!
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- The Research Is In
7 Research-Backed Ways to Boost Working Memory in Math
Short-term memory is finite and fills up quickly. Here are 7 ways we can free up space for clearer-headed mathematical thinking. - Teacher Collaboration
A One-Page Chart to Support Every Student Every Day
Teachers can use this spreadsheet—free template included—to track accommodations and strengths to keep students on track and motivated. - Teacher Wellness
How I’ve Sustained a Long Teaching Career
A veteran teacher shares three things she keeps in mind to avoid burnout and maintain her love for the profession.2.5kYour content has been saved!
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15 Tips to Align Your Teaching With Brain Science
A comprehensive guide to applying the latest insight from neuroscience, psychology, and cognitive science to improve your instruction. - ChatGPT & Generative AI
8 AI Tools That Can Help Generate Ideas for Your Classroom
These educator-tested platforms can help you create instructional materials and develop ideas for lessons—and they require little to no tech savvy.
- Assessment
Solidifying Core Concepts With Examples and Non-Examples
Asking students to identify an example of what something is—and importantly, what it isn’t—helps establish clarity and leaves little room for misconception.Your content has been saved!
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Helping Students Look Beyond Grades With Visual Rubrics
When students see their content mastery mapped out, they’re more likely to understand their proficiency—and take ownership of their progress.Your content has been saved!
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Crafting Data-Driven Narratives About Students
Telling stories with and about data helps students better see themselves as learners and helps teachers center them in the classroom.398Your content has been saved!
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Using Oral Assessments to Enrich Our Understanding of Student Learning
If you’ve ever had the sense that grades didn’t truly reflect what students had learned, formal and informal talks can give you more data and a more accurate picture. - Assessment
3 Teacher-Created Games for Math Assessment Prep in Middle School
A little friendly competition can make reviewing math content fun and engaging while boosting student learning.337Your content has been saved!
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- Literacy
Adding Movement to Phonics Instruction
By providing strategies that combine letter sounds with motions, teachers help students learn to decode words in the ways that work best for them.Your content has been saved!
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6 Ways to Help Preschool Students Build the Skills They’ll Need for Writing
Focusing on gross motor skills, spatial awareness, and curiosity can lay the foundation for joyful early writing.328Your content has been saved!
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5 Ways to Establish a Culture of Writing in Preschool
Teachers can create a writing-rich environment that encourages young learners’ playful marks and inventive spelling.411Your content has been saved!
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5 Easy Ways to Help Young Students Build Visual Literacy Skills
A kindergarten teacher runs through her favorite wordless picture books and other fun strategies for guiding students to ‘read’ images.287Your content has been saved!
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5 Simple Shifts to Engage Young Writers
By changing how they introduce writing activities and revision, teachers can inspire young students to see themselves as writers.300Your content has been saved!
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- Curriculum Planning
Fresh Approaches to Instructional Design
An educator with 20-plus years of experience on crafting creative and energizing lessons.412Your content has been saved!
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3 Pieces of Advice for New Teachers
At the heart of these tips from a veteran is the necessity of developing flexibility in managing change in the classroom.551Your content has been saved!
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Teacher Collaboration That Supports All Students
These 3 strategies can help new general education teachers work collaboratively and productively with special education teachers.350Your content has been saved!
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How Substitute Teachers Can Connect With Their Students
Five enriching strategies to help subs stay involved and make a difference in the classroom.406Your content has been saved!
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A Quiet Classroom Isn’t Always an Ideal Classroom
By rethinking what a good day in the classroom looks and sounds like, new teachers can better support their students.571Your content has been saved!
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