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Our latest resource collection is here! 🤩

It’s packed with teacher-tested insights on everything tech integration, from setting effective routines and choosing the right tools to knowing when to step back and unplug.

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The Thoughtful Teacher’s Tech Integration Playbook

This collection of articles and videos offers teacher-tested advice on everything from setting up effective routines and choosing the right tools to knowing when to step back and unplug.

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Share your strategy (or find a new one)! 👇

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Question: How do you foster peer-to-peer relationships so students can work and collaborate effectively?

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Rich experiences—from play to the arts and relationships—fundamentally shape a young child’s development. 🤸🎹

Why ages 2-7 matter so much for brain development:

Why Ages 2-7 Matter So Much for Brain Development

Rich experiences—from play to the arts and relationships—fundamentally shape a young child’s development.

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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 12h

When cognitive load gets too heavy, even simple math falls apart. Here are 7 ways to lighten the lift for students. 🧠

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7 Research-Backed Ways to Boost Working Memory in Math

Short-term memory is finite and fills up quickly. Here are 7 ways we can free up space for clearer-headed mathematical thinking.

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“My daughter reads at the 12th percentile. Her spelling is terrible. She loves reading. She is writing a book. Let's be careful when we look at struggling readers as unteachable or uninterested. Some of us can struggle and thrive at the same time.” —Anna Thorsen, Dyslexia Advocate

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23 ways to keep calm and carry on with a rowdy middle school class! 🌟

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23 Ways to Quiet a Chaotic Middle School Class

Teacher-tested attention-getting routines to help you quickly restore calm and focus to noisy middle school classrooms.

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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 22h

Want to help students grow their writing skills? ✏️🌻

Try facilitating a creative writing workshop that exposes learners to a variety of authors, aids brainstorming, and encourages creativity!

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How to Facilitate Creative Writing Workshops

Students’ writing skills grow when they participate in activities that guide them to work at developing their own narratives.

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Modeling vulnerability for students can help build trust, especially when you’ve just announced a consequence you don’t actually want to use.

Educator Matthew Ebert shares tips for teachers aiming to avoid using collective punishment ⬇️

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Managing Your Class Without Collective Punishment

Even in moments of frustration, teachers can hold disruptive students accountable without punishing the class as a group.

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Easily learned, easily remembered? More like easily learned, easily forgotten. 😬 Find out how to engage your students in productive struggle instead—and what other common learning myths it’s time to discard, while you’re at it.

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3 Learning Myths It’s Time to Bust

Ditching these misconceptions about how the brain learns best—and following what the research really says—can help teachers better support students’ development.

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We’re wired to make snap judgments about people, and teachers are no exception, but knee-jerk reactions can be wrong. Here’s how a “warm demander” approach helped a teacher solve a nagging problem.

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4 Characteristics of Outstanding ‘Warm Demander’ Teachers

The dispositions and priorities of teachers who hold high expectations for every child, care deeply, and help them reach their academic potential in a structured environment.

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"Our capacity to generate excitement is deeply affected by our interest in one another, in hearing one another's voices, in recognizing one another's presence." —bell hooks

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Formative assessment can be tricky! These effective ideas help you find out what students know *while they’re learning it*. 🙌

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7 Smart, Fast Ways to Do Formative Assessment

Within these methods you’ll find close to 40 tools and tricks for finding out what your students know while they’re still learning.

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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 1d

Help your students better recognize and understand their emotions by grounding conversations in books! Here are 7 recommendations. 📚

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7 Books to Help Teach Emotional Intelligence

Teachers can guide students to recognize and understand their emotions by grounding conversations in engaging books.

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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 1d

Why these phrases work: https://edut.to/46GURnK

7 Things Teachers Say to Create a Supportive Classroom. 1. I believe in you. 2. We missed you. 3. I'm listening. 4. Oops, I made a mistake. 5. We'll figure it out together. 6. You've really improved... 7. I'm sorry. What would you add to the list?

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“Let them tell you their stories. Work stories. Pet stories. Homework stories. Relationship stories. Stop and listen. One on one or even in a class of 34, which I’ve had, it’s a game changer. 23 years later, relationships are the most effective tool in my teaching tool box.” —Heather Leise, Teacher

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For high school students in special education, graduation often comes with extra layers of planning. 🎓 These tools and tops can help you guide conversations to simplify the process.

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Demystifying Graduation Options for Students in Special Education and Their Families

Teachers can use these tools and tips for guiding conversations to simplify transition and graduation planning.

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And finally...

4. How do I think I’m doing in this class, in this unit, on this project? How do I know?

Find more tips in this article:

How Kids Can Overcome the Awkwardness of Asking for Help

There are many reasons students don’t ask for help. Research shows there are strategies to help them overcome their reluctance.

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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 2d

4 metacognitive questions students can ask as they prepare for a test 📝👇

1. Can I teach this concept to a friend or family member?
2. Can I identify one strategy I’ve been using during this lesson that’s helped me be successful? 🏆
3. Can I identify one strategy I want to try using more often?

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Research suggests: Incorporating breaks into learning is *just as important* as practice when learning a new skill. ⏲️

Discover brain breaks designed for high school students!

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17 Brain Breaks Tailored for High Schoolers

As high school students navigate more rigorous academic tasks and denser curricular material, the occasional 3-to-5-minute break delivers a wide range of benefits.

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Want another quick win? Check out all our super-short strategy videos: edut.to/46VbAE5

60-Second Strategies for Educators

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How do you help students learn to disagree, debate, even respectfully argue? 🧐 Try this quick philosophical warm-up.

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