- Technology Integration
Classroom Management in the Tech Era
Before considering how to integrate tech in lessons, it’s important to ensure that you have clear expectations and routines in place. - ChatGPT & Generative AI
How AI Will Impact the Future of Teaching—a Conversation With Sal Khan
The founder of Khan Academy and Khanmigo believes AI can deliver the personalized instruction students need, while freeing up teachers to do what they do best. - Critical Thinking
Guiding Elementary Students to Show Their Thinking
These tips can help early elementary teachers foster students’ metacognition, helping them see how much they’re learning. - ChatGPT & Generative AI
AI Tool Demo: Differentiating Class Materials With Diffit
Assistant editor Daniel Leonard shares how teachers are turning to Diffit to automatically adapt texts to different reading levels.Your content has been saved!
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Promoting Active Engagement in Middle School
A teacher shares her strategies for creating a culture and routines that foster students’ sense of involvement in the classroom. - Literacy
Using Sentence Stems to Power Up Your Literacy Lessons
Elementary teachers can use sentence stems to promote phonemic awareness, knowledge of vocabulary, and reading fluency and comprehension.172Your content has been saved!
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How to Set Up Collaborative Learning to Boost Intrinsic Motivation
Instead of having students compete for external rewards, fostering cooperation boosts intrinsic motivation and ensures that all voices are heard.135Your content has been saved!
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To Choose the Right SEL Program, Ask the Right Questions
CASEL has a free tool that can help school leaders sift through the many social and emotional learning programs to select a good fit for their school. - Student Wellness
9 Ways to Support Diverse Learning Needs in Physical Education
Teachers can adapt activities to make PE inclusive for all students, including those with physical and/or learning disabilities. - Critical Thinking
Building Problem-Solving Habits With Desmos and Fermi Problems
These strategies for developing secondary students’ math skills, including estimation, can benefit them in class and the real world.132Your content has been saved!
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- Literacy
Helping Students Read Complex Texts
By cultivating metacognitive reading habits, you can help students remain focused as they persist through challenging material. - Education Trends
An Effective Cell Phone Policy for High School Classrooms
To minimize distractions during lessons, teachers can establish a classroom practice that keeps phones out of reach.606Your content has been saved!
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A Strategy for Boosting Student Motivation
A teacher shares the strategy she developed to increase elementary students’ willingness to engage in productive struggle and meet their learning goals.588Your content has been saved!
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Helping English Language Learners Develop a Love of Reading
Here’s how to build a culture of reading to welcome students who are learning a new language, particularly those who come from strong oral storytelling traditions. - Teaching Strategies
How to Support Chronically Absent Students When They Return to Class
It is possible to create effective lessons that allow students to absorb content at their own pace while also requiring mastery.338Your content has been saved!
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- Technology Integration
Promoting Playful Learning With Technology
Mitchel Resnick—creator of Scratch and OctoStudio—shares how teachers can maximize students’ use of tech for creative purposes. - Game-Based Learning
Fortnite as a Science Laboratory
This physics toolkit contains ready-to-use curriculum to integrate Fortnite into high school physics, showing the promise of virtual learning spaces.164Your content has been saved!
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Increasing Cybersecurity on Your Campus
Administrators, teachers, and students all have important roles to play in protecting sensitive student and educator data.142Your content has been saved!
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An Effective Cell Phone Policy for High School Classrooms
To minimize distractions during lessons, teachers can establish a classroom practice that keeps phones out of reach.606Your content has been saved!
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Teaching Computational Thinking With—and Without—Screens
This activity focuses on teaching students about the coordinate plane using two tools: a micro:bit and a good, old-fashioned game of Battleship.180Your content has been saved!
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- Differentiated Instruction
A Lesson Plan to Engage and Challenge Students in Math Class
By shifting away from long lectures, teachers can meet students where they are and boost their confidence in math.236Your content has been saved!
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How to Support Chronically Absent Students When They Return to Class
It is possible to create effective lessons that allow students to absorb content at their own pace while also requiring mastery.338Your content has been saved!
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Breaking Down the Complex Work of Teaching PBL Into Manageable Chunks
Project-based learning can be daunting, but there are steps teachers can take to overcome the challenges. - Literacy
How to Build Relationships in an Intervention Setting
Strong connections with students are essential for showing them that you’re a trustworthy advocate who wants to help them succeed. - Differentiated Instruction
Using Edtech Tools to Differentiate Learning
Teachers can use tech tools to make it easier to give students choice about their learning, increasing engagement.859Your content has been saved!
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- Formative Assessment
How to Use Universal Screening Data to Guide Instruction
Information collected from literacy assessments can help teachers make instructional decisions that improve student learning.240Your content has been saved!
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The Power of Learning Progressions
Learning progressions allow teachers to differentiate content based on increasing levels of complexity. - The Research Is In
6 Research-Backed Ways to Break Up Your Lectures
Lectures are efficient ways to convey information, but kids tend to tune them out. Here are 6 activities that will keep students focused while improving learning outcomes. - Formative Assessment
Using Exit Tickets Effectively
These ideas for using exit tickets for formative assessment and to quickly see how students are feeling may be particularly helpful for new teachers. - Teaching Strategies
8 Closing Activities to Wrap Up a Lesson
Lock in the day’s learning with these closing activities that check for understanding and clear up misconceptions.
