By giving students a bit of time to ease into the day, teachers can help them feel ready to engage in learning.

One of the best parts of being a teacher is the creativity it affords. Whether it’s decorating our classroom, planning an activity, or collaborating with a colleague, when we ignite our individual ...

Walk into any school and you will find teachers using classroom technology in very different ways. One teacher builds ...

View the full episode transcript. Teachers are tasked with making countless decisions every day, and some of those decisions happen quickly because they are rooted in bias. While bias is everywhere, ...

Though I never had the words for it, I knew I was different from my peers when I was a kid. As the son of Indian immigrants, I looked for ways to push back against the pressure to assimilate and ...

But structure is not cruelty. For many students, especially those without stable external supports, structure is scaffolding. When everything becomes flexible, nothing feels binding. I now encounter ...

Fulfilling IDEA’s promise often requires more than dedicated educators and traditional resources; it demands innovative approaches that adapt to each student’s unique strengths, needs and interests.

The new question of the week is: What are the best ways for teachers to handle situations where students are often using their cellphones in class for nonacademic purposes? Pre-pandemic, student ...

Earlier this year, I designed a “book tasting” for my middle school class that changed my career in a matter of days. Inspired by a National Council of Teachers of English initiative, I generated a ...