By reserving grades for work that truly measures progress and using feedback for everything else, teachers can reduce stress and give students clear guidance for growth.

All teachers need thought partners—and someone to cover their room for bathroom breaks—and for new teachers the benefits can be huge.

All teachers need thought partners—and someone to cover their room for bathroom breaks—and for new teachers the benefits can be huge.

A roundup of Edutopia favorites to help you kick off the school year strong, with ideas for classroom design, family communication, community-building, routines and norms, and classroom management.

By reserving grades for work that truly measures progress and using feedback for everything else, teachers can reduce stress and give students clear guidance for growth.

By intentionally seeking multiple perspectives and testing assumptions, teachers can position themselves to make decisions that expand learning opportunities for students.

Even mandated professional learning sessions can be worthwhile if you focus on connecting them to your own problems of practice.

Whether you’re a novice or a veteran, interviews can feel like high-stakes tests, so it’s important to make a plan and then stick to it.

Whether you’re a novice or a veteran, interviews can feel like high-stakes tests, so it’s important to make a plan and then stick to it.

These low-stakes writing activities can be used across content areas to help high school students recognize that their ideas have value.

These low-stakes writing activities can be used across content areas to help high school students recognize that their ideas have value.

There are always too many standards to meet and assignments to grade. These strategies can help you reject haste in favor of care and clarity.

There are always too many standards to meet and assignments to grade. These strategies can help you reject haste in favor of care and clarity.

The key to not taking it personally is investigating the cause—the student may not be challenged by the work, or may not understand the work. There are strategies for overcoming these and other…

From rushing through prep to misjudging students’ readiness for a task to teaching the way they were taught, experienced teachers talk about some of the mistakes they’ve made.

From rushing through prep to misjudging students’ readiness for a task to teaching the way they were taught, experienced teachers talk about some of the mistakes they’ve made.

From rushing through prep to misjudging students’ readiness for a task to teaching the way they were taught, experienced teachers talk about some of the mistakes they’ve made.

Achieving a student-centered instructional model may be challenging. Miriam Plotinsky, author of the book Hover-Free Teaching , offers ways that teachers can foster a culture of shared responsibility...

Miriam Plotinsky, author of Teach More, Hover Less , breaks down hover-free teaching, showing how teachers can free themselves from helicopter habits and allow students greater control of their own l...

How do we move students from the appearance of engagement into something far more meaningful? Miriam Plotinsky argues that to “win the people,” we must include students in every stage of instruction, ...

When teachers make incremental changes to their habits around providing feedback over time, the result is that students are able to focus more on growth than on grades. Building habits that show stude...

Many teachers report lower levels of participation in the past couple of years. These vocal and nonvocal strategies may get students to contribute in class.

Cognitive overload—when the mental work of a lesson exceeds students’ abilities—can be reduced or avoided, helping to improve learning outcomes.

For instructional coaches to succeed, they need empathy, adaptability, and a toolbox of actionable strategies. Miriam Plotinsky offers keys to being effective.

Join us for an important conversation with Miriam Plotinsky as she presents actionable strategies from her latest book, Small but Mighty: How Everyday Habits Add Up to More Manageable and Confident Te