- Project-Based Learning (PBL)
A Curation Project to End the School Year
Teachers can give students a creative opportunity to use their analytical skills and make meaningful connections to different forms of media.Your content has been saved!
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The Long-Term Rewards of a Guest Speaker Series
Bringing in guest speakers offers high school students valuable connections and insights for the future.Your content has been saved!
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- Media Literacy
Evaluating Primary Sources Through a See, Think, Wonder
By taking the time to observe, make inferences, and ask great questions about historical artifacts and images, students learn to avoid jumping to conclusions.Your content has been saved!
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Make a Better Sub Plan Via Video
Take a few minutes to communicate important information so that the visiting teacher and your students know what to do while you’re out. - New Teachers
Unit Planning With the Goal in Mind
This strategy can help new teachers develop a successful unit plan so that students meet the learning goals.109Your content has been saved!
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How to Help Students Avoid Procrastinating
A simple strategy can help students map out their assignments in manageable chunks so they can stay on top of their work. - Teaching Strategies
Crafting Reminders So That Students Pay Attention
Getting students to study for exams and turn assignments in isn’t always easy. Here’s how to nudge them to get their work done on time.137Your content has been saved!
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Finding Community Partners for PBL
Here’s how to locate experts willing and eager to share their expertise and bring real-life experience to project-based learning.118Your content has been saved!
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Promoting Student Collaboration With Reciprocal Reading Protocols
Opportunities to read and work through text with a peer encourage students to take an active role in their learning.260Your content has been saved!
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- Assessment
Getting Rid of Zeros Won’t Fix the Grade Book
Well-meaning efforts to assess learning accurately have led some schools to set 50 as the lowest grade, but that can have negative consequences. Here’s a better solution. - Classroom Management
Your Student Finished Early—Now What?
These extension activities for all grades will help teachers keep fast finishers engaged in meaningful work. - ChatGPT & Generative AI
When Students Use AI in Ways They Shouldn’t
Here are some ways teachers can respond when students don’t follow classroom guidelines for using AI. - Critical Thinking
Encouraging Students to Use Notes for Sense-Making
Middle school teachers can use these strategies to help students learn how to get the most value out of their notes.1.6kYour content has been saved!
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Why Students Don’t Ask for Help—and How to Change That
These three simple shifts can help students realize that asking for help is an expectation in your class and boost their self-efficacy.
- Project-Based Learning (PBL)
Cultivating Content and Language Learning in ELLs
Project-based learning can help English language learners master language and content skills at the same time.319Your content has been saved!
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7 Projects Teachers Stand By
Planning for projects can be difficult and time-consuming. This list of teacher-tested projects—complete with printable resources—should offer a big head start. - Communication Skills
Building Communication Skills in Science
By taking an interdisciplinary approach to science class, teachers are able to deepen understanding of content—and sharpen literacy skills at the same time. - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
How to Introduce PBL Into a Packaged Curriculum
Even with established curriculum, teachers can produce engaging learning experiences that address required learning standards and meet students’ needs. - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
Inspiring Curiosity and Critical Thinking in Pre-K
Project-based learning can inspire young students to ask questions about their surroundings and see where their curiosity takes them.523Your content has been saved!
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- Differentiated Instruction
Ensuring That Math Instruction Provides Opportunities for All
Students bring different combinations of strengths and weaknesses to the math classroom, and teachers can help all of them grow. - Assessment
A Strategy for Differentiating Assessments
Tiered assessments help ensure that all students can show what they know while being appropriately challenged.457Your content has been saved!
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How School Leaders Can Empower Teachers to Deliver Personalized Instruction
An elementary school principal gives a detailed breakdown of how to roll out a daily class period targeting students’ academic needs and interests. - Homework
How to Encourage Students to Turn In Quality Work
To help prevent hastily completed assignments, teachers can share clear expectations with students and offer manageable timelines. - Assessment
How Can I Be Sure I Know What Students Are Learning?
A teacher who found that reams of data didn’t capture students’ learning made these three tweaks to his quizzes and tests.
- New Teachers
What to Do When Your Lesson Goes Kaput
Teacher-tested strategies for handling instructional snafus—including when to call it quits on a lesson and regroup. - Teaching Strategies
How Letting Go of Perfectionism Made Me a Better Teacher
Shifting the focus of a classroom from performance to process means embracing mistakes as a necessary part of learning.323Your content has been saved!
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Modeling Emotional Regulation to Support Students’ Growth
Teachers and school leaders can demonstrate valuable social and emotional learning skills through their actions.310Your content has been saved!
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Supporting Early-Career Educators in Using Edtech
School leaders can use this guidance to help new teachers use educational technology appropriately and effectively.183Your content has been saved!
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