- Technology Integration
Using Student-Created Stop-Motion Movies to Explore Math
Making simple movies provides early elementary students with chances for rich mathematical discussions.Your content has been saved!
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How to Tell When Someone Is Ready for an Administrative Role
Recognizing, encouraging, and mentoring educators who demonstrate strong management skills is an important task for a principal.Your content has been saved!
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Routines That Support Math Fact Fluency
Regularly working with manipulatives can help boost second graders’ fluency and confidence in fundamental skills.Your content has been saved!
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How to Build Review Activities Into Daily Lessons
When teachers revisit earlier lessons in small, structured ways, students feel more confident on assessments—and retain the content better.Your content has been saved!
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Reducing Homework by Ensuring That More of the Learning Happens in Class
For a high school physics teacher, assigning less homework meant comprehensively revamping assessments and how each class session was set up.Your content has been saved!
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How to Scaffold Learning and Maintain Rigor
A myriad of tools and strategies that support learning and student agency are also essential to maintaining rigor.Your content has been saved!
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Using Fun Songs to Transition Between Activities in Preschool
Music is an effective tool for helping young students move between activities in a joyful and structured way.Your content has been saved!
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Embrace the Blank Page
Research supports regularly asking students to recall information from memory, and to do that you don’t need a worksheet—just a plain piece of paper works great.Your content has been saved!
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5 Tips to Help Leaders Get Control of Their Email
The goal for school leaders facing a torrent of emails is prioritizing the communication that really matters. (And sometimes that’s a phone call.)Your content has been saved!
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10 Books With Neurodivergent Characters
These books can be powerful tools for reducing stigma, opening up dialogue, and promoting empathy and understanding.Your content has been saved!
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- Learning Environments
An Unconventional Seating Plan Designed to Benefit Focus and Learning
After years of search and experimentation, this teacher finally hit on a room layout that allowed for efficient shifting between whole class, small group, and independent work. - Teaching Strategies
In High-Performing Math Classrooms, Words Matter
Math vocabulary alone isn’t a silver bullet—but research shows it’s linked to stronger academic achievement when paired with expert teaching practices.41.6kYour content has been saved!
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60-Second Strategy: Quiz Quiz Trade
When students get up and moving in this low-stakes conversational activity, they learn more about the topic—but also about each other.30kYour content has been saved!
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Walking Through Writing a Compelling Essay
Working out the parts of an essay step by step helps students think more creatively and analytically about what they want to convey.16.7kYour content has been saved!
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6 Common Teacher Mistakes—and How to Avoid Them
From rushing through prep to misjudging students’ readiness for a task to teaching the way they were taught, experienced teachers talk about some of the mistakes they’ve made.
- Brain-Based Learning
Taking Preschool Students Outside to Support Executive Function
Getting outside regularly helps young children learn how to problem-solve and develop other important skills that support their success in school.569Your content has been saved!
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Understanding Preschool Students’ Conflicts as a Spiderweb
When students act out, teachers can use this framework to understand the threads underneath the behavior.1.3kYour content has been saved!
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Cultivating Effortful Thinking With the Warm Demander Approach
Combining strong relationships with clear expectations means teachers can create classrooms where every student feels supported—and accountable for sharing their thinking.6.8kYour content has been saved!
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60-Second Strategy: Quiz Quiz Trade
When students get up and moving in this low-stakes conversational activity, they learn more about the topic—but also about each other.30kYour content has been saved!
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What to Do When Students Reject Their Accommodations
When students who need supports refuse to use them, the cause is generally not lack of motivation—it’s the sense of stigma attached to accepting help.5kYour content has been saved!
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- Critical Thinking
How to Use Hexagonal Thinking in Any Content Area
This engaging activity supports students in organizing their thoughts in a multidimensional way, helping to cement their understanding.3.4kYour content has been saved!
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Podcast: Smart Strategies to Improve Your Scaffolding
Evidence-backed tips to support students as they learn new or complex material—from a UCLA instructor and former high school teacher.
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4 High-Quality Math Enrichment Tasks
These low-floor, high-ceiling problems support differentiation, challenging all students by encouraging flexible thinking and allowing for multiple solution paths. - Differentiated Instruction
4 Ways to Make Story Problems More Engaging and Accessible
Four simple strategies—beginning with an image, previewing vocabulary, omitting the numbers, and offering number sets—can have a big impact on learning.2.4kYour content has been saved!
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Taking Your Read-Alouds From Interactive to Immersive
Story time is a highlight of the day for many young students, and teachers can boost engagement even further by adding costumes and sound effects.3.8kYour content has been saved!
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- Assessment
Easy Ways to Have Students Review Material Frequently
Students retain information better when they have consistent opportunities to engage with previously taught content. - Formative Assessment
How to Decide What to Do After Your Formative Assessment
You’ve checked for understanding—now you can use this framework to understand what students’ confusion is telling you, and how you can adjust course. - Formative Assessment
Podcast: How to Use Formative Assessment Like an Expert Teacher
A powerful tool for gauging student understanding mid-lesson, low-stakes micro-assessments help teachers decide when to reteach and when to keep moving.
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7 Low-Stakes Formative Assessment Activities
Building frequent checks for understanding into lessons can help teachers spot learning gaps in real time and adjust instruction before moving on.28.6kYour content has been saved!
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29 High-Impact Formative Assessment Strategies
These versatile strategies—from brain dumps to speed sharing—help students track their own progress while informing your next instructional steps.58.5kYour content has been saved!
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