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  • Classroom Management

    How to Differentiate Without Splitting Students Up

    Advice for teachers who want to make sure everyone in their classroom works and learns in tandem.
    Michael McDowell

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  • Assessment

    Establishing Consistent Standards-Based Grading Throughout Your School

    Teachers and school leaders can work together to ensure that report cards function as trustworthy indicators of what students know and can do.

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  • Teaching Strategies

    13 Tips to Quickly Deliver Super Effective Feedback

    These efficient feedback strategies support student learning without sacrificing a teacher's nights and weekends.

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  • Teacher Collaboration

    3 Informal Team Teaching Models That Work

    Teachers can gain the benefits of team teaching through observations, collaboration on projects, and effective use of technology.

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  • Mindfulness

    Combining Mindfulness, Movement, and Meaning in Brain Breaks

    The best brain breaks aren’t random or mere time-fillers—they’re purposeful pauses that help students regulate, reconnect, and reset.
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  • Literacy

    A Scaffolding Strategy to Help Experienced ELLs Express Complex Ideas

    This technique gives multilingual students explicit instruction on how to effectively develop their ideas for each part of a paragraph and to link one idea to the next.
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  • Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)

    3 Easy Ways to Make Feelings Visible in the Classroom

    Teachers can use these strategies for promoting emotional literacy to help students develop self-regulation and motivation for learning.
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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.
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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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