- Classroom Management
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.Your content has been saved!
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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.Your 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.Your content has been saved!
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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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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.118Your 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.115Your content has been saved!
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- Literacy
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.186Your content has been saved!
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5 Ways to Make a Scripted Curriculum More Engaging
Elementary teachers can personalize a set curriculum for more creativity, teacher autonomy, and student engagement. - Media Literacy
Teaching Elementary Students How to Evaluate Information They Find Online
Teachers can show students how to thrive in a connected world and use digital tools safely and effectively.181Your content has been saved!
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Using a Homework Audit to Evaluate the Quality of Your Assignments
A homework audit gives teachers valuable insight into what is working for students—and what isn’t.
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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. - The Research Is In
The Science of Student Motivation
Noted author and psychologist David Yeager on the common mistakes we make when giving feedback to students, and how to tap into purpose and belonging to make classroom work more meaningful. - Communication Skills
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.
- Curriculum Planning
Teaching Future-Ready Skills in World Language Classes
Students can engage in activities that promote language acquisition and also foster important life skills.133Your content has been saved!
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AI Tool Demo: Building an Effective Tutor With MagicSchool AI
Assistant editor Daniel Leonard shows how teachers can customize a free AI tutor that enables students to review the class material on their own time. - 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. - Technology Integration
3 Powerful, Hidden Gem Tech Tools
FETC 2025 presenter and edtech aficionado Adam Bellow shares three impactful, lesser-known tools that can benefit students and staff alike. - Classroom Management
Facing Cell Phone Distractions Head-On
When students—and teachers—aren’t distracted by cell phones, everyone can focus on learning. Here’s how one teacher came up with a system that works.
- Literacy
Supporting Middle School Students in Their Writing
These simple strategies can sharpen learners’ skills in different genres and help them to become more confident writers.248Your content has been saved!
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3 Ways to Make the Library More Useful to Multilingual Learners
Librarians can help English language learners feel at home by providing a wide variety of choices and formats to choose from.172Your content has been saved!
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My Middle School Students Can’t Read!
These strategies for building foundational reading skills can help when students struggle with grade-level texts.448Your content has been saved!
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Developing Empathy Through Storytelling
After interviewing a community member who has endured hardship, high school students practice their ELA skills—and their empathy—to turn it into a public performance. - Communication Skills
Cultivating Speaking and Listening Skills in the Primary Grades
Early elementary teachers can use these strategies to help students improve their oral communication skills.489Your content has been saved!
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- Administration & Leadership
How to Select Effective PD Facilitators
An impactful coach—who may be among your staff—can make in-service days more meaningful and engaging for teachers.233Your content has been saved!
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How Instructional Coaches Can Help Teachers Use Data More Effectively
Continuous progress monitoring aids schools in designing targeted interventions to help all students learn. - ChatGPT & Generative AI
A Curriculum Supervisor’s Guide to AI-Assisted Lesson Planning
Instructional leaders have a role to play in guiding teachers to use AI effectively in unpacking standards and designing lesson plans.758Your content has been saved!
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6 Tips From a Tech Coach and Teacher
Educators can balance innovative and traditional methods of teaching to mindfully include technology in the classroom.399Your content has been saved!
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How to Plan Effective Professional Development for Instructional Coaches
Instructional coaches need thoughtfully crafted and fruitful training opportunities that meet the specific needs of their work.361Your content has been saved!
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