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  • Game-Based Learning

    Using Choice Boxes to Enhance Student Engagement

    Providing upper elementary students with choices can help teachers differentiate through learning experiences that feel fun.
    Carla Dabau Padrosa

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  • Project-Based Learning (PBL)

    Problem-Based Learning and Future-Ready Skills

    Well-designed projects help students build valuable skills such as collaboration, critical thinking, and communication.

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  • Career & Technical Education

    How High School Students Can Benefit From Using LinkedIn

    It’s to students’ advantage to begin thinking about their future career plans, and the platform can help guide that planning.
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  • Administration & Leadership

    Addressing Chronic Absenteeism in Elementary School

    School leaders can put a variety of measures in place to ensure that students feel safe, supported, and capable of learning. 
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  • Classroom Management

    60-Second Strategy: Board Splash

    This quick and easy warm-up primes students to think creatively and gets them in the mindset for class.

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  • Technology Integration

    5 Tech Integration Mistakes—and What to Do Differently Next Time

    Classroom tech use will always involve some element of trial and error, but many pitfalls are avoidable when you know what to watch out for.
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  • Administration & Leadership

    3 Ways to Support Career-Focused Learning in High School

    Linking concepts from the classroom to practical applications in career fields boosts engagement and helps students plan for their future.
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  • Mental Health

    5 Strategies to Deescalate Behavior When Students Are Dysregulated

    Students may lack the skills to control their behavior when they’re upset, and these steps can help build self-regulation.
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  • Trauma-Informed Practices

    How Imaginative Play Can Help Young Children Heal From Adversity

    Play can help children become fluent in the language of the nervous system, learning what their bodies and brains need in times of distress and dysregulation.
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  • Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)

    Strategies to Help Students Transition Into the Week

    Teachers can intentionally plan their Mondays to create classrooms that students feel drawn back into, not pressured by.
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