- Student Engagement
A Path to Unlocking Deep Learning in Science
Hands-on, minds-on learning experiences help ensure that students gain a deep understanding of science concepts.Your content has been saved!
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6 Ways to Support Autistic Girls in Your Classroom
Teachers can help autistic girls stay on track and feel more secure, confident, and ready to learn with these simple adjustments.Your content has been saved!
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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.243Your content has been saved!
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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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Fostering Time Management Skills With Young Students
Helping early elementary students develop their sense of time can have a major impact on their academic and social skills.122Your content has been saved!
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How Principals Can Slow Down, and Why They Might Want To
A sense of urgency often pushes school leaders to sprint toward their goals, but taking a more deliberate approach may be more effective.114Your content has been saved!
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Ensuring That Your Math Learning Stations Are a High-Leverage Routine
By focusing on a few core station types and committing to routines, teachers can boost engagement and student understanding.132Your content has been saved!
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Designing Homework Policies That Don’t Punish Disability
Traditional homework policies can unintentionally penalize students with disabilities—but teachers can change that.127Your content has been saved!
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A Process for Successful Learning Labs
By designing peer observations thoughtfully, teaching teams can learn from one another and build their collective efficacy.116Your content has been saved!
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Taming Tech Distractions to Keep Students on Task
These tips can help teachers reduce the chance of losing their students’ attention when they integrate computers in lessons.164Your content has been saved!
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- Research
The Pros and Cons of Homework (in 6 Charts)
The case for homework isn’t black-and-white, so we looked far and wide for research to shed a little light on the matter. - Brain-Based Learning
Making Retrieval Practice a Classroom Routine
By regularly working in activities that get students to recall content they’ve learned in the past and apply it, teachers can ensure deeper understanding. - 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. - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
10 National Parks Service Resources Every Teacher Should Know About
Teachers can explore these lesson plans, websites, and other resources to enhance project-based learning units that incorporate a variety of subjects.982Your content has been saved!
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7 Easy Ways to Elevate Turn and Talk
Give this classroom go-to a boost by providing students with a variety of pathways to practice their listening and speaking skills.
- Integrated Studies
Combining Science and Music for Deeper Learning
Elementary music teachers can incorporate scientific concepts into lessons so students get a multilayered learning experience. - Integrated Studies
A Hands-On Approach to Interdisciplinary Learning
By integrating multiple subjects in a cohesive project, teachers can empower students to think flexibly and persist through challenges. - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
7 Projects Teachers Stand By
Planning for projects can be difficult and time-consuming. This list of teacher-tested projects—complete with printable resources—should offer a big head start. - Integrated Studies
Celebrating Pi Day Across the Curriculum
Engaging, informative Pi Day activities designed for middle school math, ELA, science, and social studies. - Integrated Studies
Integrating Math Into Elementary PE
Teachers can work together to reveal the ways that math concepts are already present in PE activities.
- Curriculum Planning
Fresh Approaches to Instructional Design
An educator with 20-plus years of experience on crafting creative and energizing lessons.357Your content has been saved!
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Overcoming Student Fears Surrounding Class Discussions
Teachers can increase participation in student-led dialogues such as Socratic seminars by addressing common sources of anxiety.341Your content has been saved!
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Ensuring That Preschool Classroom Jobs Are Meaningful for Students
Framing jobs as a form of community care allows children to see themselves as helpers, contributors, and citizens.290Your content has been saved!
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Useful Strategies to Support Students’ Working Memory
Teachers can implement consistent routines, provide accessible supports, and empower students to figure out what helps them maintain focus.435Your content has been saved!
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7 Easy Ways to Elevate Turn and Talk
Give this classroom go-to a boost by providing students with a variety of pathways to practice their listening and speaking skills.
- Administration & Leadership
5 Ways to Use Data as a School Leader
School leaders can use data as a compass to guide the decision-making process so that students and teachers have a clear path to success.172Your content has been saved!
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A 7-Step Process for Difficult Conversations With School Staff
For a principal, it can be hard to address a staff member’s performance. This process helps you feel more confident and prepared.658Your content has been saved!
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How This School Leader Right-Sized Tech Use With Teachers’ Buy-In
An elementary school principal describes how he set parameters for edtech tools for the benefit of students.229Your content has been saved!
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3 Ways Administrators Can Foster Teachers’ Collective Efficacy
Principals can work with teachers to shift from an isolating, individualistic approach to a more collaborative one that helps all teachers grow.308Your content has been saved!
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Teaching Elementary Students Job Skills With an Apprenticeship Program
Schools can empower students to develop skills like applying and interviewing, collaborating, and taking responsibility.
