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5 Tips for Keeping Students Actively Participating and Engaged

4-MIN. READ

These student engagement strategies will help bring your quietest students out of their shells and manage your chattiest ones for engaging class discussions.

Help Students Ask Great Questions

4-MIN. READ

Check out these quick tips for helping your students ask better questions to deepen their learning.

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4 Ways to Use Laughter for Learning

4-MIN. READ

Laughter can help your students learn and improve your instruction. Here are four ways to include more laughter in your life and classroom.

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What the Science of Reading Tells Us about Learning to Read

4-MIN. READ

Gain clarity on what the Science of Reading is and how it can help inform your reading instruction.

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Knowledge Building and Literacy

3-MIN. READ

For decades, reading instruction has centered on drilling students in skills and strategies. But recent research is singing a different tune. When it comes to reading instruction, knowledge matters.

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Educators Need Normative and Criterion-Referenced Data

4-MIN. READ

Learn why you need both normative and criterion-referenced assessment data to understand what your students know and can do.

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4 Best Practices for Analyzing Student Data

4-MIN. READ

Check out these ready-to-use tips for analyzing and understanding student data to best support their learning in the classroom.

4 Ways to Help Students Succeed

4-MIN. READ

Check out these actionable ways to help your students get on track and make progress in their learning.

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Starting the School Year Off Right

4-MIN. READ

Ready to start the school year off right? Educators share new and inspiring ways to prepare for the school year ahead.

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