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When schools teach financial literacy, they help students develop lifelong money management skills—and families benefit too.

When students learn the tools for assessing a website’s authenticity, they gain valuable critical thinking and media literacy skills.

When school leaders give teachers the opportunity to improve their craft together, the entire community benefits.

Organizational drawings—concept maps and sketchnotes, for example—help students see gaps in their learning while boosting comprehension by fourfold.

New research confirms that the best way to serve students with disabilities is in general ed—not siloed in special education classrooms.

To boost long-term retention, research shows that retrieval practice—using quizzes and flash cards, for example—and spacing learning sessions over time can make a dramatic difference.

By helping young students develop social awareness and emotional literacy, teachers can create a calm environment in the classroom—and build the foundation for lifelong learning.

Connecting students’ culture and backgrounds to the classroom isn’t just a nice thing to do—it can have a huge impact on keeping them engaged and making learning materials relevant.

When students rely on verbatim notes and highlighting, they don’t actually retain information very well—but research points to several methods that work better.

When teachers are intentional about building a culture of appreciation and acknowledgment, the whole classroom community benefits.