- Administration & Leadership
My Annual 3-Part Summer Leadership Ritual
A school leader explains how he uses the summer to reflect on what has worked well and how to adjust where necessary.Your content has been saved!
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Integrating Technology Into PBL
Weaving technological skill-building through project-based learning units gives students agency in how to express their knowledge.Your content has been saved!
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How to Change Up Intervention Groups
When students in intervention groups progress at different rates, it’s important to reconfigure the groups so all students do appropriately challenging work. - Classroom Management
How Classroom Jobs for Teens Instill Responsibility
When middle and high school students take ownership of tasks in their classroom regularly, they build a culture of teamwork and support.Your content has been saved!
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7 Study Habits to Teach Kids This School Year
Studying is critical to academic success—but many students have never been shown how to do it effectively. - Technology Integration
A Daily Routine That Promotes Student Autonomy in Math
Teachers can use technology to create consistent routines that let students guide their own learning.105Your content has been saved!
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Giving Students Time and Confidence to Build Their Metacognition Skills
A high school teacher subtly encourages students to develop an appreciation for the “in-between” steps on the path of learning. - Special Education
6 Ways to Increase Family Engagement in Special Education
Schools can use an approach to building relationships with families that is empathetic, respectful, and centered on students’ success.114Your content has been saved!
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Setting Up Standards-Based Grading in a Traditional School
Individual teachers may feel like they can’t implement standards-based grading on their own, but an educator who managed it in a variety of schools over a decade explains how it can be done. - STEM
How Accessible Tech Can Promote Empathy and Collaboration
A middle school design and technology teacher breaks down a three-project unit that nicely overlaps with STEAM content.147Your content has been saved!
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- 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. - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
Using AI Tools to Support Project-Based Learning
Teachers can use an artificial intelligence framework when developing projects to provide well-rounded learning experiences. - English Language Learners
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.533Your content has been saved!
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Ask Me Anything: Write for Us
Edutopia is hosting an Ask Me Anything (AMA) about how to write for us! The panelists share their experiences, as well as their strategies for getting published. - 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.
- Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
How to Incorporate Student Feedback to Improve SEL
Meaningful input and active engagement from high school students can transform a school’s approach to social and emotional learning.186Your content has been saved!
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Using Digital Media to Promote Screen-Free Learning
Preschool teachers can share these resources with families as a catalyst for at-home learning experiences.157Your 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.179Your content has been saved!
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Adding an Emotional Dimension to Literary Analysis
Aligning SEL prompts with different levels of Bloom’s taxonomy gives students the opportunity to ask deeper questions about literature. - Student Engagement
A New Way to Think About Resilience
By starting with the idea that students already are resilient, teachers can nurture their ability to stick with things and not give up.279Your content has been saved!
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- Brain-Based Learning
Intentionally Slowing Down to Ensure That Students Learn Material Deeply
Teachers who are tempted to race through the curriculum to cover everything may want to reconsider and slow down a bit so that students can learn the most important content better. - Brain-Based Learning
Helping Elementary Students Improve Their Working Memory
Explicitly teaching brain-based memory strategies can help students build their executive function skills. - Brain-Based Learning
Reducing Math Negativity
Teachers can facilitate positive learning experiences to help students develop favorable perceptions about their math skills.259Your content has been saved!
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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. - 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.
- Formative Assessment
Empowering Students Through Effective Feedback
These strategies, including peer-to-peer feedback, can help ensure that elementary students understand and can act on the feedback.174Your content has been saved!
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60-Second Strategy: Silent Partners
When teachers bring this fun formative assessment game into a lesson, they get a snapshot of what students have understood, and what they haven’t.Your content has been saved!
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15 Formative Assessment Hacks to Boost Students’ Learning
Common formative assessment techniques can work a little better with these simple tweaks. - Formative Assessment
How to Set Up Formative Assessments for Summative Success
Assessing students’ learning during a class or project can help you adapt your teaching and guide them to meet their goals.259Your content has been saved!
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60-Second Strategy: Quick Sorts
In this formative assessment game, table groups compete against each other to categorize key terms and concepts from the previous night’s assignment.Your content has been saved!
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