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Powerful Cooperative Learning Strategies (And One You Can Try Tomorrow)
Discover why cooperative learning strategies boost student engagement and learn the Give One, Get One activity—a simple 10-minute strategy teachers can use tomorrow.
Exit Tickets That Increase Engagement & Learning
Learn how exit tickets improve student learning, engagement, and formative assessment. Discover powerful prompts teachers can use in any classroom.
Active Learning is Better Than Passive Learning in Today’s Classrooms
Passive Learning vs Active Learning: What’s the Difference? In many classrooms, learning still looks like this: students sit quietly, listen to lectures, watch videos, complete worksheets, and read silently. These methods fall under passive learning—where...
How To Improve Your Exit Ticket Strategy
Exit tickets are one of the most commonly used formative assessment strategies in classrooms.But here’s the problem: Most exit tickets don’t actually tell teachers what students understand. Too often, exit tickets ask students...
Kick Off the New School Year with These Back to School Activities
Here are five tried-and-true back to school activities that encourage collaboration, communication, and a strong sense of belonging:
Student Engagement Made Easy with HLP 18
In today’s classrooms, engagement isn’t just a buzzword—it’s the lifeblood of effective teaching. High-Leverage Practice 18 (HLP 18), "Use Strategies to Promote Active Student Engagement," lies at the heart of inclusive, responsive, and transformative instruction....
Free Resources That Will Support Student-Led IEPs
The concept of student led IEPs is catching on, as it should. Teachers are relinquishing some control and allowing students with disabilities to take on more leadership. Moreover, students are learning so many important skills during the process. If you are still...
Student-LED IEP: A Pathway to Important Life Skills
Student-led IEPs allow youth with disabilities to play prominent roles in the development of their individualized education program (IEP). When a student assumes a level of leadership during the IEP process, the document will more accurately reflect their...
