Research indicates that strong and supportive relationships with students has both immediate and long-term positive impacts, both qualitative and quantitative. When a positive relationship is established and maintained, a student is more likely to attend school regularly, put forth greater effort, encounter fewer disciplinary episodes, and achieve at higher levels.
Filling in for an elementary teacher can be easier when substitutes have flexible go-to strategies to keep the class running smoothly.
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Andrea Elliott on the way public education must “fill in the gaps” left by societal abandonment of poor children and families.
This think piece is from Rick Hess, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and the director of the think tank’s Education Policy Studies. This piece focuses on student
Building a strong classroom community is possible even during students’ asynchronous work time.
Gamification and game-based learning are different instructional strategies, but both can work wonders for student engagement.
Common social and emotional learning strategies also promote equity, contributing to all students’ feeling of belonging in school.
After a yearlong crash course in digital tools and remote teaching, a teacher reflects on what will stick in her brick-and-mortar classroom.
When teachers give retakes and shift the way they talk about grades, students concentrate on the skills they’re gaining—not their scores.
Collaboration, reflection, and healthy competition make for lasting memories when teachers use a novel approach to sustain student interest.
As students return to school after a tumultuous year, here are tips to help them re-engage and ease back into the classroom.
