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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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Play & Recess
Making Learning More Playful for Teens
A sense of joy, when combined with rigor and purpose, creates a classroom community where middle and high school students thrive.
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Student Engagement
4 Ways to Guide Disengaged Students to Try Again
There are many reasons why students disengage in school. The tips here are not a panacea, but both research and teacher experience demonstrate that they can help.
Tyler Rablin
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Administration & Leadership
How Administrators and Veteran Educators Can Team Up to Mentor New Teachers
School leaders can support their new teachers by setting up a structured series of discussions and classroom observation sessions.
Timothy Montalvo
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Assessment
Translating Standards Into Student-Friendly Terms
Designing an effective assessment requires first deconstructing the standards into clear criteria of success that students can understand.
Kristen Fusaro-Pizzo
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Special Education
Helping Students See Their IEPs as Tools
By guiding middle school students to understand the purpose and power of their IEPs, teachers can start an important conversation about self-advocacy.
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Critical Thinking
Using Error Analysis to Boost Engagement and Student Talk in Math
Examining mistakes gives students a chance to discuss misconceptions openly and find new approaches to solving problems.
Kathy Collier
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Classroom Management
Guiding Preschoolers to Create Shared Classroom Norms
When children have a role in creating class agreements, they begin to see themselves as active participants in shaping their community.
Cara Zelas
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Administration & Leadership
4 Ways to Increase Your Leadership Team’s Problem-Solving Capacity
Both the collective talents of team members and robust team processes are needed to address the multidimensional challenges schools confront today.
Robert Feirsen, Seth Weitzman
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Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
How to Develop Self-Reliant Learners
Supporting students in developing self-regulation, executive function skills, and self-agency can improve their ability to succeed in school.
Peg Grafwallner
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ChatGPT & Generative AI
AI Tool Demo: Handling Teaching’s Tough Tasks With Brisk
This popular browser extension addresses two teacher needs—quickly generating customized sub plans and tracking the evolution of student writing assignments.
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