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Effective teachers need an arsenal of strategies for instruction and classroom management. Use the simple tools and approaches below to create a more inclusive environment that promotes student learning
Silent Fails
There are all kinds of students. It seems like some students were made for school success. They have cracked the code of academic success, make A's and B's and live on the Honor Roll. Other students fail. Sometimes disruptive, these are the students teachers get frustrated by and worry about the most.
Inviting Engagement
U.S. classrooms are growing more diverse — ethnically, culturally and linguistically. In response, teachers and educational advocates are employing new strategies, and adapting tried-and-true strategies, to better serve diverse parent populations.
Using Plain Terms
Beyond the language we speak, the words we choose can help or hinder the effectiveness of communication with parents and guardians. How do our word choices assist or prevent necessary interaction? How might our communication practices reflect power, instead of partnership?
Five Standards of Effective Pedagogy
Teacher and students producing together facilitates learning through joint productive activity among teacher and students.
Facilitating Constructive Conversations about 9/11
Conversation Guidelines for Schools and Academic Settings, developed by the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding, provides useful steps for having respectful conversations about 9/11 and religion.
Cubing
National Board Certified elementary school teacher, Kristen Miller, shares how she uses cubing to build higher-order thinking skills with her students.
Differentiated Instruction
If educators have learned anything in the last decade of school reform initiatives it is that one size does not fit all. Differentiated Instruction (DI) is an approach where teachers proactively plan varied approaches to what students need to learn, how they will learn it and how they express what they've learned.
Critical Thinking Skills and Academic Achievement
Hawley's review of research on the effects of racial and ethnic school diversity on critical thinking skills and academic achievement.
Cross-Racial Understanding and Reduction of Racial Prejudice
Review of research on the effects of racial and ethnic diversity in schools on racial understanding and student achievement.
'The Capacity for Connection'
In this special Q & A, educators Louise Derman-Sparks and Patricia G. Ramsey, authors of the book, What If All the Kids are White?, provide early grades educators with practical ideas on preparing white students for a multicultural world.
Teaching Teachers: Professional Development To Improve Student Achievement
Good teachers form the foundation of good schools, and improving teachers’ skills and knowledge is one of the most important investments of time and money that local, state, and national leaders make in education. Yet with the wide variety of professional development options available, which methods have the most impact on student learning?
ELL Best Practices Collection
Our ELL Best Practices collection includes a variety of resources that will help you ensure your school environment is welcoming to English language learners (ELLs) and their families.
