- Administration & Leadership
Weekly Phone Calls Keep School Priorities on Track
Administrators can get valuable one-on-one time with superintendents and keep their focus on identified goals through consistent, quick check-ins.Your content has been saved!
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Using Reader’s Theater to Boost Engagement
Teachers can use this performance-based activity to build students’ passion for reading.Your content has been saved!
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Turning Lesson Ideas Into Usable Resources With AI
A second-grade teacher shares her process for quickly developing new lesson plans and other materials.Your content has been saved!
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Focusing Attention With a Student-Led Recall Activity
By providing every student with an opportunity to actively remember yesterday’s lesson, teachers can set the stage for today’s success.Your content has been saved!
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Helping Teachers and Administrators Clarify Instructional Feedback
Example questions and action steps for educators who want to avoid guesswork and misconceptions.217Your content has been saved!
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A Simple Science Activity to Encourage Close Observation
Teachers don’t need expensive equipment or elaborate planning to engage their students in a meaningful exploration. - Literacy
Using Movement as an Instructional Tool in Literacy
When kids are able to move, they learn better. Here's how to give young students more opportunities to move throughout lessons. - Design Thinking
Teaching Computational Thinking Without a Computer
Working with circuits and LED lights guides students to test ideas, troubleshoot problems, revise plans, notice patterns, and try again.291Your content has been saved!
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The 2025–26 School Year in Review, From Your Point of View
Spirited discussions, light bulb moments, and the occasional hot take: Here’s what got you—our educator community—buzzing this year. - Administration & Leadership
Leadership Lessons They Don’t Teach You in Grad School
Coursework provides a vital and necessary foundation, but it can’t offer the experience that comes with the actual job.638Your content has been saved!
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Why Writing by Hand Beats Typing (in 6 Charts)
Typing may be faster, but the research shows that handwriting engages our brains in richer, more meaningful ways. - School Culture
The IKEA Effect: You Built It, You’re Invested in It
People become more invested when they help shape the systems around them, and teachers and school leaders can use that to create a strong school culture. - Student Wellness
3 Activities to Help Students Feel Grounded
When students are dysregulated, asking them to focus can be counterproductive. Instead, build in activities that help them stay grounded.7.3kYour content has been saved!
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Moving Beyond Traditional Lab Reports in High School
A teacher who wanted to shift from assessing compliance to assessing students’ thinking shares the tweaks she made in her assignments. - Literacy
Targeted Exercises That Develop Students’ Revision Skills
Across grades 3–12, students often struggle to revise their writing. Having them focus on one issue at a time helps them develop this invaluable skill.
- Assessment
Moving Beyond Traditional Lab Reports in High School
A teacher who wanted to shift from assessing compliance to assessing students’ thinking shares the tweaks she made in her assignments. - Creativity
Encouraging Students to Demonstrate Learning Creatively
Students develop a sense of ownership over learning and find new ways to be successful when they can choose how they show what they know. - Assessment
Podcast: Rethinking Zeros in the Grade Book
No-zeros policies aim to level the playing field, but without the lever of a failing grade, can teachers balance accountability, motivation, and accurate assessment?
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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.1.3kYour content has been saved!
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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.865Your content has been saved!
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- Learning Environments
How to Incorporate the Outdoors Into Elementary Math Learning
Exploring concepts such as observation and measurement in the fresh air can give students a new and playful perspective on math. - School Culture
The IKEA Effect: You Built It, You’re Invested in It
People become more invested when they help shape the systems around them, and teachers and school leaders can use that to create a strong school culture. - Student Engagement
Increasing Students’ Opportunities to Respond Boosts Thinking and Engagement
Students will participate more if you give them frequent, low-stakes chances to interact with content all throughout a lesson. - Student Engagement
How Object-Based Learning Supports Deep Thinking
Tactile learning experiences—a strategy borrowed from museum education—can help students of all ages retain new information. - Student Engagement
Shifting Students’ Mindsets About Math
Teachers can help ease the anxiety that many students feel with these strategies for creating joyful learning experiences.
- Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
Nature-Based Activities for Preschool
When young children engage in learning that connects them to the natural world, they experience social and emotional benefits.2.4kYour content has been saved!
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Designing the Ideal Classroom Space
A thoughtfully designed classroom—and lesson—should always take into account the known limits of the student brain, says developmental psychologist Karrie Godwin. - 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. - Classroom Management
All the Reasons for Seating Students in Groups of 3
This desk arrangement facilitates peer discussions and supports effective collaborative and independent work. And students prefer it. - Learning Environments
Supporting Students to Study Abroad in High School
Studying abroad can be a transformative experience, and there are many resources and scholarships available for students who want to pursue it.3.4kYour content has been saved!
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