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Back to Search245: A System for Meeting Absent Students' Needs
You can create the most spectacular lesson plans, but if all of your students aren't in the room when those plans are executed, catching them up can be kind of a nightmare. And despite the fact that …
Published on 6 months ago
EduTip 26: Give lots of quizzes.
One of the best-kept secrets in teaching is that frequent quizzing leads to better learning. If you can incorporate more ungraded or low-stakes quizzes into your instruction, there's a good chance yo…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
244: Three Ways You May Be Cognitively Overloading Your Students
When we make certain choices, often without even realizing it, we can turn a teaching moment from one that should be clear into one that's confusing. Luckily, these choices are pretty easy to spot an…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
EduTip 25: Use neutral language to keep things cool.
In a classroom that is emotionally "cool," no one is preoccupied with any kind of anger, hurt feelings, anxiety, or fear, and this frees them up to concentrate on academics. One way to make that ha…
Published on 7 months ago
243: Small Changes to Make Your Classroom More Neurodiversity-Affirming
As our understanding of the human mind gets more sophisticated and nuanced, we're learning how to identify neurodivergence, how to appreciate it, and how to help those who fit under that umbrella nav…
Published on 7 months ago
EduTip 24: Use "I" statements to promote your teaching ideas.
As you move through your career, you'll discover new ways of doing things that you're excited about — so excited that you want to share them with colleagues and convince them to try them, too. But …
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago
242: How to Do a Close Reading Lesson in Any Subject Area
To become skilled readers, our students need reading instruction in all of their classes, not just English language arts. But if other subject-area teachers don't know how to support readers, how can…
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago
EduTip 23: Calm an out-of-control class with a notebook.
When student behavior starts driving you bananas, and you feel like you're going to yell, this simple notebook technique can regulate your nervous system and calm your class down fast.
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Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
241: Six Tech Tools to Try in 2025
It's our annual round-up of tools for educators, and this time along with it, we're announcing the launch of the online version of our Teacher's Guide to Tech! This year we're talking about three new…
Published on 8 months ago
240: When Your Classroom Management Goes Off the Rails
It can happen to the best of us — classroom management deteriorating over time. Don't despair! By figuring out where the problems are, you can turn things back around. My guest is Claire English, who…
Published on 9 months ago