Student Engagement

Choosing a small number of strategies that students can use across content areas can help them focus on the concepts they’re learning.

Visual note-taking allows information to be processed by the brain in three different ways.

Simple changes to the quality and tone of feedback matters when it comes to developing nurturing, trusting connections with students.

Middle and high school students suddenly face more complex schedules, tougher academic work, and an expanding network of friends. How can we help them manage it all?

If the goal is to develop lifelong readers, students need time in class to practice—and learn to enjoy—reading.

Writing improves learning by consolidating information in long-term memory, researchers explain. Plus, five engaging writing activities to use in all subjects.

How teachers can use social and emotional learning to help middle school students build confidence.

An activity that encourages students to open up about a person close to them can bring a whole class together in profound ways.

Every child possesses vast mathematics potential, says Jo Boaler, Stanford University mathematics professor and best-selling author—but for them to access it, we need to rethink how we teach math.

A growing body of research shows that project-based learning can have a positive impact on achievement and engagement. Linda Darling-Hammond describes how a rigorous project-based approach fits in with what we know works for students.

From scavenger hunts to Pictionary, we’ve gathered a batch of virtual games to get students talking, laughing, and engaging with peers.