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  • Formative Assessment

    60-Second Strategy: Question the Character

    Having students engage with the characters they’re reading about reveals whether they read the chapter—but better yet, it improves their literary analysis skills and elevates classroom discussion.

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  • Professional Learning

    Teachers Have Something to Share

    You might think your expertise and ideas aren’t worth discussing, but sharing what you’ve learned with your peers and beyond your school has a lot of benefits.
    Benjamin Barbour

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  • Teacher Collaboration

    Empowering Teacher Teams to Revisit and Reteach Tricky Lessons

    When their first graders struggled with a writing assignment, a group of educators collaborated on a new, more effective plan.

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  • Inquiry-Based Learning

    Letting Student Questions Guide Learning

    When preschool teachers use students’ natural curiosity to set up activities, lessons become more meaningful and engaging.

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  • Differentiated Instruction

    Intentional Differentiation Informed by Data

    Teachers can increase the odds of setting students up for success by reviewing a variety of learner data as part of lesson prep.

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  • Administration & Leadership

    Using Socratic Seminars to Amplify Teacher Voice in Staff Meetings

    A common classroom strategy can also be used to facilitate meaningful discussions about school initiatives.

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  • Trauma-Informed Practices

    Helping Students Feel Safe in an Uncertain World

    There’s no magic strategy for living through hard times, but educators can support students by creating spaces that feel safe and joyful.

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  • 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.
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  • Professional Learning

    Building Collective Teacher Efficacy in Weekly Team Meetings

    When you make time for regular routines for sharing successes and expertise, both teachers and students benefit.
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  • Literacy

    A Framework for Effective Literacy Support in Middle School

    Screening tools and diagnostic assessments can aid educators in setting up a Multi-Tiered System of Support so that students reach appropriate grade-level reading benchmarks.

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