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You’ll find practical classroom strategies and tips from real educators, as well as lesson ideas, personal stories, and innovative approaches to improving your teaching practice. If you have any thoughts or comments about these articles, please don’t hesitate to let us know.
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- Technology Integration
How Short, Low-Stakes Writing Challenges Build More Confident Writers
Using a tech tool that gamifies writing helps students grow together, celebrate each other’s work, and hone their emerging skills.Your content has been saved!
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Making Student Thinking Visible During Writing Assignments
This update on the old-school strategy of using index cards to collect textual evidence helps students slow down and focus on each stage of the writing process.Your content has been saved!
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Using Restorative Conversations for Effective Classroom Management
Tips for teachers who are willing to trade consequence-based control for a framework of calm observation, genuine curiosity, and honest impact.Your content has been saved!
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A Case for Human Evaluation of Student Work
A teacher who is optimistic about AI’s potential in education is nevertheless adamant about not using it to give students feedback.Your content has been saved!
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The Benefits of Teaching Morphology in the Early Elementary Grades
Showing young learners how to break words down into their smallest parts strengthens vocabulary, comprehension, and decoding.Your content has been saved!
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Podcast: 14 Excellent Ways to End the School Year
Looking for creative ways to celebrate the last weeks of school? Here’s a toolkit of delightful, memorable activities from veteran K-12 teachers.
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Angela Duckworth: Where There’s a Will There’s a Way Out
The renowned author and researcher explains how student willpower stacks up against powerful tools like cell phones and AI chatbots.293Your content has been saved!
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Meeting Learning Goals Right Up to the End of the Year
Teachers can help students continue to practice grade-level content while still leaning into the excitement of the upcoming break. - Curriculum Planning
A Project to Combat End-of-Year Disengagement in Social Studies
A low-stakes assignment culminating in an investigative paper has worked wonders in this teacher’s AP World History classroom.Your 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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