- Brain-Based Learning
What to Do When Students See Schoolwork as Too Challenging
Students often don’t measure academic difficulty objectively—they measure it emotionally. Teachers can tap into research to provide the resources and support students need to complete assignments.217Your content has been saved!
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Using Black Sticky Notes to Boost Students’ Comprehension of Literature
This innovative note-taking framework keeps students engaged when they’re approaching a new literary or historical concept.184Your content has been saved!
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How Administrators Can Keep Their Morale Up
Some self-doubt is natural and healthy—an antidote to overconfidence—but connecting with peers and a regular habit of reflection can help school leaders thrive in their role.188Your content has been saved!
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Supporting Learners With Small Group Instruction
During short, purposeful sessions with a handful of students, teachers can address misconceptions—and help build stronger, more accurate understanding.Your content has been saved!
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The Overexplaining Trap
Explicit instruction is necessary, but the most effective explanations act as a springboard to launch students quickly into guided, and then independent, practice. - Literacy
Building Prewriting Skills in Pre-K Through Movement and Play
Before kids can successfully grip a pencil, they need to strengthen gross motor skills—and these activities are a good way to do that. - Technology Integration
Using Technology to Promote Math Talk
By listening to recordings of students solving math problems, teachers can determine their next steps, such as how to pair students up. - Student Voice
Making Schoolwide Use of Student Surveys
Detailed feedback from students about what helps them learn can shape schools’ instructional initiatives and goals.589Your content has been saved!
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Collaborative Activities That Inspire Students to Write
Theater-style games allow students to work together to generate ideas and develop narratives.788Your content has been saved!
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Taking a Deeper Look at Student Data
Acting as data detectives, school leaders and teachers can work together to better understand student needs.663Your content has been saved!
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- ChatGPT & Generative AI
Why and How I’m Limiting Screen Time in My Classroom
Digital tools have uses, but they can also risk reducing the productive struggle students need to build critical thinking skills. - Technology Integration
Should Laptops Really Go the Way of Cell Phones?
Having won the battle on phones, some public intellectuals are calling for laptops to disappear from classrooms, too. Many teachers say that would be a mistake. - Student Engagement
Attention Is Not a Trait—It’s a Teachable Skill
Teachers can use these six strategies to boost students’ ability to work with sustained focus for increasing amounts of time. - Literacy
Getting Teens Hooked on Books With First Chapter Fridays
By reading aloud in middle and high school, teachers can expose students to new ideas, genres, and authors—and get them excited about books. - Student Engagement
Refocus Students With Silent Brain Breaks
These three activities allow early elementary students to play while also creating a sense of calm they carry back into learning.11.4kYour content has been saved!
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- Assessment
Fun End-of-Year Assessments for Art Classes
Teacher can try incorporating scavenger hunts and a Pictionary-style tournament to get students to show what they know.755Your content has been saved!
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The Philosophy Behind Allowing Retakes
Because student proficiency develops over time, assessment retakes play an important role in accurately measuring learning.2.2kYour content has been saved!
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How to Avoid Rushing—a Pitfall for Even the Most Experienced Teachers
There are always too many standards to meet and assignments to grade. These strategies can help you reject haste in favor of care and clarity. - Homework
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.9.3kYour content has been saved!
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How to Turn Test Retakes Into a Classroom Staple
Allowing retakes gives students another chance to learn and to demonstrate learning—the challenge is making redos work within the schedule.5.4kYour content has been saved!
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- Differentiated Instruction
Podcast: One Task, Many Doors: A More Effective Way to Differentiate
Three low-prep ways to differentiate instruction that keep kids learning together.
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A Streamlined Strategy for Differentiating Instruction
This framework for offering students choices helps teachers personalize learning opportunities without creating separate lessons for each student.5.8kYour 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.8.6kYour content has been saved!
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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. - Teaching Strategies
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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- Administration & Leadership
What It Takes to Retain Teachers in High-Needs Schools
By leading with compassion, school administrators can help make teachers’ work feel more sustainable.1.7kYour content has been saved!
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Working Toward Instructional Equity for All
A focus on the science of learning has helped this district shrink achievement and opportunity gaps—by making sure every student is engaged in effortful thinking.Your content has been saved!
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Are You Micromanaging?
Carefully considering these five questions can help leaders understand whether they are empowering staff members—or disregarding their expertise.3.8kYour content has been saved!
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Giving Teachers Ownership Over Their Professional Learning
The best kind of professional learning is the kind that teachers actually care about—involving the things they engage with every day.1.5kYour content has been saved!
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How Administrators Can Use Data to Explore Issues of Equity
Accessing a range of data can give leaders a broad understanding of issues affecting the student body, and what to do about them.786Your content has been saved!
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