- Brain-Based Learning
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.Your content has been saved!
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Modernizing Shakespeare With a Tech Twist
Students can have fun and learn a lot by making some 21st-century linguistic and thematic tweaks to the Bard’s plays.Your content has been saved!
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3 ChatGPT Features Worthy of a Teacher’s Attention
An edtech expert shares how the popular AI tool can help you save time while increasing your impact.Your content has been saved!
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60-Second Strategy: Back Pocket Questions
With this simple activity, the final minutes before the bell rings can be an opportunity for review—not disarray.Your content has been saved!
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With Men Abandoning Teaching, What’s the Cost to Boys?
Fewer male teachers means fewer male mentors—and for many boys, that’s affecting how they learn, behave, and envision their futures.Your content has been saved!
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6 Easily Digestible Math Podcasts
A math specialist breaks down her favorite podcasts, all of which are available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and elsewhere.105Your content has been saved!
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How to Thoughtfully Use AI to Create Meaningful Lessons
Computer science and math teachers can use artificial intelligence tools with intentionality to create effective learning experiences.108Your content has been saved!
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Using Values-Alignment Messaging to Teach Healthy Digital Habits
Thoughtful phone policies are helpful, but teens need more than rules, and schools can help them build digital self-agency.104Your content has been saved!
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Teaching Elementary Students to Use Audio and Graphic Design Tools
Teachers can amplify students’ creativity by showing them how to demonstrate their learning with multimedia applications.156Your content has been saved!
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Question: What’s Your Favorite Outside-the-Box Classroom Icebreaker?
What’s your most effective—and unexpected—way to break the ice and build classroom community from day one?
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- Teaching Strategies
23 Ways to Quiet a Chaotic Middle School Class
Teacher-tested attention-getting routines to help you quickly restore calm and focus to noisy middle school classrooms. - Formative Assessment
15 Formative Assessment Hacks to Boost Students’ Learning
Common formative assessment techniques can work a little better with these simple tweaks. - Communication Skills
A Simple Way to Get Elementary Students Writing Every Day
With this easy-to-adapt quick-write strategy, students steadily build their writing skills, a little at a time. - Technology Integration
5 Engaging AI Classroom Activities to Try With Your Students
From targeted writing prompts that get pencils moving to an interactive radio show where students join as the co-host, these AI classroom activities help students take learning to the next level. - 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.
- 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.
- Differentiated Instruction
Using Station Rotation to Engage Students in Meaningful Math Work
This strategy for differentiating instruction can help increase elementary and middle school students’ involvement in their learning.153Your content has been saved!
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How to Motivate Students by Thinking Smaller
A framework for setting up playful, purposeful explorations can help increase student agency, one tiny experiment at a time.184Your content has been saved!
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Adapting HyperDocs to Help All Students Learn
By embedding all materials and links in one place, HyperDocs provide students with an accessible learning experience. - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
4 Benefits of Using Podcasting as a PBL Project
Relevant in any content area, podcasts present an engaging way for students to demonstrate their learning. - Technology Integration
Best Practices for Showing Videos in Class
Edtech platforms can help you create a personalized learning experience to improve students’ learning and engagement.247Your content has been saved!
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- Administration & Leadership
Onboarding New Teachers So They Want to Stay
With these tips, administrators can welcome new teachers to the school and help them feel at home right away.231Your content has been saved!
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Using Peer-to-Peer Observations to Support New Teachers
Instructional coaches can support novice teachers by facilitating a meaningful process of peer feedback.249Your content has been saved!
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23 Ways to Quiet a Chaotic Middle School Class
Teacher-tested attention-getting routines to help you quickly restore calm and focus to noisy middle school classrooms. - New Teachers
Empowering Middle School Students to Create Their Own Scaffolds
By shifting the responsibility of scaffolding to students, teachers can help them be prepared to take ownership of their learning process. - New Teachers
3 Reflection Questions to Help You End the Year Intentionally
Reflecting can help teachers bring closure to the school year, connect with students, and continually improve their practice.
