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Meaningful Learning to End the Year Strong
These end-of-year activities for elementary and middle school can help ensure that all students continue to learn while having fun. - Technology Integration
A Pedagogical Guide to Using Microsoft OneNote
A teacher who has used OneNote for years describes how he organizes reading materials, assignments, and other student-facing content.106 - Collaborative Learning
Guiding Students to Share Math Knowledge With Groupworthy Tasks
When a math task requires the input of multiple students, debates that support the flow of knowledge between them can happen.127 - Assessment
Calibrating Best Practices Across a Whole School
This school has identified core instructional practices and conducts regular walk-throughs for teachers to observe their peers’ lessons—then designs targeted professional development so every classroom can get aligned.322 - ChatGPT & Generative AI
How to Use a Chatbot to Create Engaging Do Now Activities
When you let generative AI like ChatGPT be your collaborator, you can save time and produce just the right relevant quick activities.109 - Administration & Leadership
3 Strategies for Successfully Starting Your Career as a School Leader
An assistant principal near the end of her second year in the job shares her advice for those moving into leadership roles.160 - Student Engagement
Pairing Young Adult Books With Classic Literature
Reading contemporary books alongside classics can help high school students better grasp the nuances and themes embedded in literature.166 - Student Wellness
Question: How Do You Prepare Students for Big Transitions?
Share your practices and learn from other educators.121 - Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
How to Address School Avoidance
To help reduce chronic absenteeism, schools can help students learn how to self-regulate and manage feelings of discomfort.186 - ChatGPT & Generative AI
Helping Students Use AI Creatively Without the Temptation of Cheating
Designing school-friendly chatbots with firm guardrails can spur students toward creative AI use that doesn’t do their work for them.248
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Using Google Tools to Support Newcomer ELLs
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How to Authentically Use PBL Products
Knowing their work will be shown to a public audience is a powerful and positive motivation for students to produce great work.223 - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
PBL for Pre-K Through Second Grade
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Engaging Students With Challenge Based Learning
High school students can participate in hands-on, relevant projects that provide effective solutions to problems in their community.350 - Collaborative Learning
An Effective Strategy for Successful Group Work
Articulating what good teamwork looks like takes planning, reflection, and respect for student choice.649 - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
Guiding Students to Use Storytelling Across the Curriculum
Teachers in any subject can have students use storytelling techniques to demonstrate learning, and these story generation strategies can help them get started.402
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Ensuring That ELLs Feel Comfortable Learning a New Language
These strategies for supporting English language learners, especially older students, can help reduce any embarrassment they may feel.165 - English Language Learners
Adapting Math Word Problems for ELLs
To make word problems less confusing, especially for English language learners, change the language, not the math. Here are some ideas.437 - English Language Learners
Using Google Tools to Support Newcomer ELLs
Teachers can guide English language learners in using a variety of Google tools to make lessons more equitable and accessible.854 - Administration & Leadership
What It’s Like Leading a Dual-Language School
See how one school leader creates responsive and constructive spaces for English language learners at a dual-language elementary school.308 - English Language Learners
How School Librarians Can Support ELLs
Here are eight ways librarians can nurture English language learners’ literacy skills in both their home language and English.264
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How to Get Teens Learning Outdoors
Spending class time outside can be harder to do as students get older, but movement, fresh air, and connecting lessons with nature can leave teens less stressed and more engaged.164 - Classroom Management
How to Create a Welcoming Classroom Environment
After visiting thousands of classrooms, the authors share a high-level overview of the common elements they’ve seen in rooms that hum with learning.775 - Learning Environments
How (and Why) to Move Your Gallery Walk Outdoors
Students—and teachers—benefit from getting outside during the school day, and moving the traditional gallery walk outdoors is one way to make that happen.305 - Culturally Responsive Teaching
If My Walls Could Talk
Teachers can enhance students’ sense of belonging with classroom decor that incorporates their cultural backgrounds.241 - Learning Environments
Designing Your Classroom for Collaborative Teaching
These design strategies can help support relationship-building and active learning in a team-teaching environment.357