Threading prior knowledge into new material makes for more durable learning. Here are 12 research-backed, teacher-tested strategies to help kids unpack what they already know.

Once students can decode, they need ongoing and thoughtful instruction to understand, interpret, and engage with what they read.

A high school teacher uses her state’s testing blueprint to give students practice with the standards and question types they’ll encounter most frequently.

When students’ hands are busy with a simple craft activity, they feel more comfortable moving from digital to face-to-face conversations.

When absences accumulate, teachers can implement specific strategies so that all students complete necessary work.

Schools can use this protocol to reduce isolation, build trust, and make both veteran and new teachers feel valued.

By explicitly modeling each step of a problem and gradually fading away supports, teachers can give students a clear path to mastering new content.

After years of assigning the kind of homework she had done as a student and observing students’ disengagement with it, a teacher overhauled how she assigns math practice.

In specialized academic instruction, multiple schedules run simultaneously. Each type of instructional support has its own scope, sequence, and materials. In order for individualized education ...

This middle school made gains in supporting students by setting up shared spreadsheets, digital referral forms, and ...

Teachers can help students develop their social and emotional skills as they monitor and evaluate their own learning experiences.

Design an explicit, three-part learning sequence: The learning sequence starts with a pre-visit phase, followed by an outdoor visit phase, followed by a post-visit phase. Each part of the sequence ...