Turn and talk is a common teaching practice. But what’s really happening in the conversations? Collaborative language frames can make the talk more meaningful.

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11.08.2025

Bilingual Literacy Strategies for Middle Level Science Labs

MS teacher Enrique Carballo shares how he brings in literacy strategies usually reserved for ELA classrooms and makes them work in his bilingual science labs.

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08.08.2025

STEM By Design 2nd Edition for Solving Real World Problems

STEM By Design (2nd edition) is a well-organized and practical resource to help students work with real-world problems, complemented by a companion website.

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08.08.2025

My Summer of Relaxed and Purposeful Fall Planning

By time-blocking her summer calendar and intentionally carving out space for professional growth, Kathie Palmieri did her most productive fall planning ever.

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08.08.2025

5 More Things I Learned Sitting in a Classroom

Sarah Cooper shares 5 things she learned at a summer seminar about being the student, not the teacher, in class. She’ll take them back to her classes this fall.

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01.08.2025

Develop Math Reasoning: Avoiding the Trap of Algorithms

Developing Mathematical Reasoning is a valuable resource offering fresh insights. An eye-opening read that will reinvigorate your approach to teaching math.

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01.08.2025

The Powerful Union of Differentiation and UDL

Understanding how Universal Design for Learning and Differentiated Instruction complement each other can transform teaching and open doors for every learner.

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30.07.2025

Supporting Our ELLs: The Power of Strong Sentence Frames

Sentence frames built on clear objectives serve as effective scaffolds for English language learners. Ortiz-Agib and Cummins share classroom-tested strategies.

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29.07.2025

A Quickwrite Protocol Helps Students Navigate Difficult Text

Ron Klemp uses a four-step quickwrite protocol to help struggling readers navigate their way through challenging texts, boosting engagement and understanding.

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29.07.2025

Teacher Induction with Lasting Impact from Day One

Teacher Induction That Works is for anyone involved in setting up or improving a mentoring program. It is practical, engaging, and full of actionable ideas.

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29.07.2025

5 Strategies for Building Leadership Capacity in Your School

Williamson and Blackburn share five strategies to help school leaders expand the leadership capacity of their staffs and draw on the skills of informal leaders.

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29.07.2025

A "Must-Read" Illustrated Welcome to Beginning Teachers

Welcome to Teaching! by Fisher and Frey does not just tell you how to teach. It shows you! It includes QR codes to extend learning beyond the pages of the text.

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29.07.2025

How Can I Make Change When I'm Just One Teacher?

How can teachers become change makers for equity and justice with so much stacked against us? Author and educator Alex Shevrin Venet shares three strategies.

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15.07.2025

Better Beginnings for Better Learning This Year

With a new school year not too far over the horizon, 7th grade teacher Laurie Hornik suggests way to get off to a strong start. First tip: skip the icebreakers.

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14.07.2025

Capabilities & Ethics of AI Found in Middle Grades Fiction

Novels that explore AI through stories grounded in real ethical and scientific questions spark discussions and critical thinking with students, says Kasey Short

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01.07.2025

Portrait of a Middle School STEM Student

Anne Jolly describes the well-rounded middle school student– ready for success in high school and beyond– and how STEM (and all) teachers can help them prepare.

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29.06.2025

3 Ways Ed Leaders Might Become More Present and Productive

Overwhelmed? Matt Renwick uses what he calls productive presence, "a system for organizing all my responsibilities so that I can focus on one thing at a time."

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27.06.2025

Prompting Deeper Discussions by Crafting Great Questions

Matthew Kay provides actionable insights on how to structure discussions, promote critical thinking, and create a safe classroom to encourage thoughtful debate.

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25.06.2025

Reading Aloud Succeeds as a Middle School Intervention

Jennifer Sniadecki shows how reading aloud provides students with opportunities to experience success through thinking alongside their teachers and peers.

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23.06.2025

Welcome the FANBOYS Conjunction Fan Club to Your Classroom

Patty McGee and Tim Donohue share fun, effective techniques to help more students evolve into grammar rock stars. Welcome to the FANBOYS conjunction fan club!

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20.06.2025

9 Leadership Strategies Support Your Most Valuable Teachers

Invest in Your Best is full of practical insights leaders can use to improve the retention of their most effective teachers and the performance of their school.

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16.06.2025

Classroom Anxiety: What It Is and What Teachers Can

By focusing more on student anxiety and the need for safety teachers can help kids experience the self regulation they need for learning, says Gravity Goldberg.

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13.06.2025

Strategies for Student-Driven Learning for Reading & Writing

"Step Aside" is full of ideas for secondary teachers to support and encourage students to become involved, engaged, and in control of their reading and writing.

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11.06.2025

Scaffolding Strategies to Teach Challenging Text

Teaching coach Jennifer Throndsen shares proven low-prep, easy to implement, research-based strategies teachers can use to scaffold learning for all students.

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09.06.2025

Getting Math Students to Show Their Reasoning

Math students will be eager to show their work when teachers shift away from memorizing steps and embrace reasoning, discussion and exploration says Mona Iehl.

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06.06.2025

Developing an Inquiry- and Asset-Based Approach to Grammar

In "Grammar Inquiries" Sean Ruday’s approach to grammar instruction prioritizes inquiry-based learning and asset-based practices to foster deeper understanding.

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04.06.2025

Organizing Writing at the Paragraph Level

To help students understand how they can vary sentence to sentence transitions to show cause and effect, contrast, and more, Tan Huynh uses a TABBS structure.

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02.06.2025

Students' Literacy Skills Flourish with Our Daily Attention

ELA teacher Jason DeHart explores the need to offer multiple avenues for students to read mentor texts, write every day, get teacher feedback, and collaborate.

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30.05.2025

A Problem-Based Learning Experience Using the ExCEL Model

Administrators or G/T coordinators can include Creating Equity as one part of a larger body of resources to support the implementation of problem-based learning

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28.05.2025

Building Neurodiversity-Affirming Schools

Affirming neurodiversity involves deeply reshaping educational practices and school culture to consistently acknowledge and respect our neurological differences.

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27.05.2025

Middle Grades Summer Reading and Learning Resources

It’s not too late to counter summer slide. Now’s the time to provide students with engaging summer reading and learning options with books and online resources.

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26.05.2025

AI Prompt Engineering: The New Literacy Skill for Students

Practice at choosing the best words for prompts, refining those prompts, and evaluating and adjusting responses can help students make AI a creative partner.

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23.05.2025

A Parent’s Guide Through the Middle Grades

Jody Passanisi shares strategies for parents of middle graders, from brain science to social, academic, technological and ethical issues.

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21.05.2025

Prep Middle Graders and STEM Students for AI’s Impact Now

Anne Jolly looks at how generative Artificial Intelligence works, what students can do with it, what to be cautious about, and how AI is shaping their futures.

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18.05.2025

7 Graphic Organizers to Scaffold Student Learning

Teaching coach Barbara Blackburn explores a traditional but very effective way to scaffold and support learning: graphic organizers. She shares seven examples.

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16.05.2025

How to Affirm and Support Gender-Expansive Students

Dave Edwards offers educators and administrators keys to creating more inclusive and supportive environments for students who identify as gender-expansive.

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13.05.2025

Friendly Grammar: Anchor Charts to Empower Student Writers

Patty McGee shows how sticky note anchor charts can transform grammar from a set of abstract rules into a practical toolkit that students actually want to use.

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12.05.2025

4 Critical Moves If You Teach Kids from Immigrant Families

If you teach students from immigrant families, EL teacher Dina Strasser is offering her list of “what can I do?” actions to prepare your school to support them.

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09.05.2025

Becoming Everyday Changemaker: Healing and Justice at School

Alex Shevrin Venet guides educators on how they can become effective, equity-centered, trauma-informed changemakers to provide healing and justice at school.

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08.05.2025

Cultivating a Whole Child Approach: Reflect to Connect

When we shape teaching practice around wholeness, we intentionally deepen the presence of social-emotional learning in our classrooms, writes Sabrina Winkleman.

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Build on Turn and Talk to Help ELLs Authentically Converse

Bilingual Literacy Strategies for Middle Level Science Labs

STEM By Design 2nd Edition for Solving Real World Problems

My Summer of Relaxed and Purposeful Fall Planning

5 More Things I Learned Sitting in a Classroom

Develop Math Reasoning: Avoiding the Trap of Algorithms

The Powerful Union of Differentiation and UDL

Supporting Our ELLs: The Power of Strong Sentence Frames

A Quickwrite Protocol Helps Students Navigate Difficult Text

Teacher Induction with Lasting Impact from Day One

5 Strategies for Building Leadership Capacity in Your School

A "Must-Read" Illustrated Welcome to Beginning Teachers

How Can I Make Change When I'm Just One Teacher?

Better Beginnings for Better Learning This Year

Capabilities & Ethics of AI Found in Middle Grades Fiction

Portrait of a Middle School STEM Student

3 Ways Ed Leaders Might Become More Present and Productive

Prompting Deeper Discussions by Crafting Great Questions

Reading Aloud Succeeds as a Middle School Intervention

Welcome the FANBOYS Conjunction Fan Club to Your Classroom

9 Leadership Strategies Support Your Most Valuable Teachers

Classroom Anxiety: What It Is and What Teachers Can

Strategies for Student-Driven Learning for Reading & Writing

Scaffolding Strategies to Teach Challenging Text

Getting Math Students to Show Their Reasoning

Developing an Inquiry- and Asset-Based Approach to Grammar

Organizing Writing at the Paragraph Level

Students' Literacy Skills Flourish with Our Daily Attention

A Problem-Based Learning Experience Using the ExCEL Model

Building Neurodiversity-Affirming Schools

Middle Grades Summer Reading and Learning Resources

AI Prompt Engineering: The New Literacy Skill for Students

A Parent’s Guide Through the Middle Grades

Prep Middle Graders and STEM Students for AI’s Impact Now

7 Graphic Organizers to Scaffold Student Learning

How to Affirm and Support Gender-Expansive Students

Friendly Grammar: Anchor Charts to Empower Student Writers

4 Critical Moves If You Teach Kids from Immigrant Families

Becoming Everyday Changemaker: Healing and Justice at School

Cultivating a Whole Child Approach: Reflect to Connect

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