- Administration & Leadership
How to Quick-Launch a PBL Initiative
Start with just a two-hour session to identify goals for project-based learning and get your implementation team on board.Your content has been saved!
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Intentionally Planning for Family and Community Engagement
Through thoughtfully planned events, schools can establish stronger connections between students, families, and the community.Your content has been saved!
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Managing Your Class Without Collective Punishment
Even in moments of frustration, teachers can hold disruptive students accountable without punishing the class as a group.Your content has been saved!
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How Celebrating Academic Progress Builds Motivation
When teachers acknowledge the learning journey, they help students gain confidence and develop ownership over their growth—and build a culture of support in the classroom.Your content has been saved!
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Representing Student Proficiency and Progress With Visual Rubrics
By creating a visual representation of students’ performance, teachers can help them make sense of their skills and areas for growth.129Your content has been saved!
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How to Incorporate Student Feedback to Improve SEL
Meaningful input and active engagement from high school students can transform a school’s approach to social and emotional learning.115Your content has been saved!
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Helping School Leaders Embrace a Peer Coaching Plan
Administrators get a lot of benefit from taking time to reflect together, exchange strategies, and support one another.131Your content has been saved!
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Tracking Growth as a Teacher With a Journal
Adding notes and sketches in a reflection journal can be an enjoyable way to process information and record observations. - Formative Assessment
Empowering Students Through Effective Feedback
These strategies, including peer-to-peer feedback, can help ensure that elementary students understand and can act on the feedback.138Your content has been saved!
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- Classroom Management
When the Teacher-Student Relationship Breaks Down
These strategies will help teachers reset boundaries and repair relationships if classroom dynamics have become dysfunctional. - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
Using a Learning Map to Build Exemplary PBL Units
By developing—and revisiting—an instructional roadmap that connects standards, activities, and skill development, these teachers put students on a path toward mastery. - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
Using AI Tools to Support Project-Based Learning
Teachers can use an artificial intelligence framework when developing projects to provide well-rounded learning experiences. - Professional Learning
Ask Me Anything: Write for Us
Edutopia is hosting an Ask Me Anything (AMA) about how to write for us! The panelists share their experiences, as well as their strategies for getting published. - English Language Learners
Helping Young Multilingual Learners Develop Their Metacognitive Skills
An educator explains how students can more easily access common supports like visuals, sentence frames, and pair-share.499Your content has been saved!
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- Inquiry-Based Learning
Creating Authentic Learning Experiences in Early Childhood Classrooms
Bringing in outside experts and doing fieldwork can make project-based learning an invaluable experience for young learners.141Your content has been saved!
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Teaching Students to Use Chunking to Tackle Complex Problems
Middle and high school teachers can show students how to break projects into smaller parts to support their ability to manage their work.130Your content has been saved!
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Using a Learning Map to Build Exemplary PBL Units
By developing—and revisiting—an instructional roadmap that connects standards, activities, and skill development, these teachers put students on a path toward mastery. - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
Combining PBL and Play in Early Childhood Classrooms
Teachers can integrate play in early elementary classrooms to align students’ developmental needs with academic goals through PBL.303Your content has been saved!
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Using AI Tools to Support Project-Based Learning
Teachers can use an artificial intelligence framework when developing projects to provide well-rounded learning experiences.
- Place-Based Learning
Ramping Up Relevance With Community-Centered Learning
Community-based research projects can help upper elementary and middle school students see value in what they’re learning.151Your content has been saved!
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5 Dice Games Your Students Will Love
Students build computational skills and their confidence and ability to talk about math effectively with these games. - Communication Skills
Guiding Kids to Talk to Parents About Their Assignments
With intentional support from their teachers, students can take the lead when it’s time to talk to their parents about their academic progress.213Your content has been saved!
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How to Start Building Math Confidence in Preschool
Teachers can get kids comfortable with math concepts by using numeracy-focused vocabulary in everyday classroom activities.178Your content has been saved!
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7 Nature Experiments to Spark Student Curiosity
Encourage your students to ask questions about and explore the world around them with these hands-on lessons.
- Formative Assessment
60-Second Strategy: Silent Partners
When teachers bring this fun formative assessment game into a lesson, they get a snapshot of what students have understood, and what they haven’t.Your content has been saved!
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15 Formative Assessment Hacks to Boost Students’ Learning
Common formative assessment techniques can work a little better with these simple tweaks. - Formative Assessment
How to Set Up Formative Assessments for Summative Success
Assessing students’ learning during a class or project can help you adapt your teaching and guide them to meet their goals.256Your content has been saved!
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60-Second Strategy: Quick Sorts
In this formative assessment game, table groups compete against each other to categorize key terms and concepts from the previous night’s assignment.Your content has been saved!
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4 Ways to Boost Students’ Self-Efficacy
These strategies help students see what they have learned so they believe they can be successful in school in the future.
