The final minutes of class can be future-oriented—use these closing activities to consolidate learning, gather feedback, or spark curiosity about tomorrow.

Teachers and students use this classic learning strategy often. To keep it from getting stale, try these tweaks.

Common formative assessment techniques can work a little better with these simple tweaks.

Teachers don’t need to speak students’ home languages to use them as a resource for learning and creating a sense of belonging.

A high school teacher describes how she teaches her students that disciplinary literacy is more than ‘fancy’ vocabulary.

In many classrooms, we mistake noise and activity for real learning.

This model provides scaffolded active engagement and opportunities for guided practice to help students master new skills.

As educators grapple with the silent protest of student work refusal, research illuminates the underlying causes—and possible solutions.

Openers matter and set the tone for the lesson that follows. Here’s how to start strong when you need to.

Guiding students to regularly direct their own discussions brings academic rewards as they gain confidence working independently on challenging tasks.

By regularly working in activities that get students to recall content they’ve learned in the past and apply it, teachers can ensure deeper understanding.

These 3 strategies can help new general education teachers work collaboratively and productively with special education teachers.

Give this classroom go-to a boost by providing students with a variety of pathways to practice their listening and speaking skills.

School leaders can focus on relationship building to ensure that sensitive or challenging conversations with teachers are productive.

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Common formative assessment techniques can work a little better with these simple tweaks.

Assessing students’ learning during a class or project can help you adapt your teaching and guide them to meet their goals.

Peer teaching fosters active learning and guides students to develop communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.

Quick (and fun) strategies to check for understanding, reinforce learning, and identify misconceptions in the last moments of class.

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The science is clear: Drawing beats out reading and writing to help students remember concepts.

These apps and websites can help teachers boost their productivity, personalize learning, and create lesson content.

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With options ranging from tried-and-true to lesser known, these strategies for cognitive, metacognitive, and procedural scaffolding will help you set students up for success.

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Teachers can make small shifts in their classroom design to boost engagement, spark curiosity, and celebrate success.

Pop quizzes, self-tests, and other active strategies are more effective for students than simply reviewing notes.

It’s that time again—our yearly review of the research you should read, from the sneaky ways that inattention can spread in your classroom to the promises and perils of AI.