Poverty, defined as the absence of needed resources, can have both short- and long-term effects on health, development and success in life. Students who live with limited resources may need unique supports in order to reveal often-hidden potential. Educators who understand the potential impacts and are ready with specific strategies will be better able to help every student achieve at high levels.
People, places, and problems offer rich opportunities for real-world learning. This unit design framework ensures engaging, aligned learning objectives, experiences, and assessments.
Writing improves learning by consolidating information in long-term memory, researchers explain. Plus, five engaging writing activities to use in all subjects.
Work that emphasizes students’ developing skills instead of a graded product reminds them to see learning as their goal.
When students have a teacher for more than one year, they benefit academically and behaviorally, a new working paper shows.
This graphic organizer guides students to categorize information while they’re taking notes, leading to deeper engagement.
Asking middle and high school students to sketch something they’re learning can give teachers a clear sense of what they do and don’t understand.
Schools are closed but schooling goes on, and it remains crucial that teachers find ways to see what students are learning.
Valley High School Principal Ramona Esparza, shown at the school Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, says a radical approach might be necessary to reclaim students left behind academically. “We have to
Now more than ever, we need to take steps to reduce students’ anxiety about grading (while improving their learning). Will we?
A science teacher reflects on her path to finding a grading system that reflects her educational philosophy.
