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  • Environmental Education

    Gardens for All Types of Classrooms

    Depending on your specific needs, it's possible to create an engaging, manageable, and successful garden experience for students in any grade.
    Pete Barnes

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  • Special Education

    What It Takes to Lead an Inclusive School

    Administrators can elevate special education teams from support roles to central drivers of inclusive instruction.

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  • Technology Integration

    Designing a Low-Tech, High-Connection Pre-K Classroom

    Preschool teachers can carve out tech-free spaces and ensure that when technology is used, it serves as a bridge for conversation, collaboration, and reflection.

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  • Critical Thinking

    Creating a Class Cookbook to Inspire Critical Thinking in Math

    Students get to share their favorite family recipes and practice their problem-solving strategies in this engaging math project.
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  • Administration & Leadership

    Supporting Students as They Navigate Adult Responsibilities Outside of School

    When high school students are balancing more than just their coursework, schools need to rethink how to best support them.
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  • Student Wellness

    Helping Students Return From a Long Absence

    Whether they’ve missed school for physical, mental health, or other reasons, students will benefit from a trauma-informed, flexible approach when they get back.
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  • Literacy

    Forming a Literacy Task Force for Your District

    To ensure that literacy practices are aligned to research districtwide, you need a plan—and a team to help carry it out.
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  • Teacher Wellness

    You Are OK and You Will Be OK: Navigating Menopause as a Teacher

    When you can openly acknowledge this stage of midlife and find support, you’ll feel more empowered to manage challenges and extend grace to yourself.
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  • Interest-Based Learning

    Integrating Spontaneous Learning Into Pre-K Curriculum

    Teachers can use moments when children express curiosity as entry points to foster deep learning within planned lessons.
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  • Curriculum Planning

    Reimagining PLCs as Instructional Impact Teams

    Repurposing traditional professional learning communities as teacher-led teams builds trust and strengthens instructional alignment.
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