If teaching were like following a recipe, it would be a much easier job. Unlike the reliable and straightforward process of baking a batch of chocolate chip cookies, practices that work in a morning ...

Teachers can use these ideas to coach students on how to stay focused and deepen their learning outside of whole group ...

Until very recently, learning loss was a matter of concern mainly because of long summer holidays. Students’ socioeconomic situations played a role in those concerns but, mostly, making up for the ...

Fostering a positive community focused on learning can be tough in middle school when students’ initial excitement wanes, and ...

Active learning puts students at the center of the learning process by encouraging them to engage, reflect, and apply what they’re learning in meaningful ways. Rather than passively receiving ...

Think-pair-share (TPS) is the black dress of active learning: a highly flexible tool that can take as little or as much time as needed, and serve a number of pedagogical purposes including ...

When an exam is coming up, many students focus on memorizing vocab and skimming textbooks even if that isn't the best way to ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What is accelerated learning? What are specific accelerated learning strategies, and do they have a place in the classroom this year and in the future? We have been ...

This week’s new question-of-the-week is: What are effective assessment strategies for multilingual learners? Assessment is a key element of teaching—we need to know where our students are in the ...