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  • Research

    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.
    Andrew Boryga

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  • Student Engagement

    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.

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  • 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.

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  • Education Equity

    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.

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  • Literacy

    ‘Is This Anything?’

    These low-stakes writing activities can be used across content areas to help high school students recognize that their ideas have value.
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  • Brain-Based Learning

    5 Research-Based Studying Strategies for High School Students

    Integrating active recall and synthesis into the process of reviewing for exams helps students study more productively.
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  • Student Engagement

    Refocus Students With Silent Brain Breaks

    These three activities allow early elementary students to play while also creating a sense of calm they carry back into learning.
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  • Special Education

    Designing Classroom Accommodations That Help Students With Disabilities Succeed in College

    Teachers can support students during the final stages of college preparation by viewing supports through a transition lens.
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  • Inquiry-Based Learning

    Exploration-Based Learning in Preschool

    Designing inquiry around student curiosity allows them learn language, math, and SEL skills through investigations of their environment. 
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  • Student Engagement

    Bringing Your Elementary Tech Class Outdoors

    These ideas for both digital and analog lessons get kids outside while still learning important tech skills. 
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