According to a study led by Lee Rainie of the Pew Research Center, about 23% of 1005 participants (randomly called via landline and cell phone)...
Editor’s note: This is a revised version of an article we originally ran on March 22nd, 2014, updated to reflect the latest Google innovations. Since...
It’s been said that it takes a village to raise a child, and the importance of a good parent-teacher relationship proves this adage true. Because...
For a long time, when educators discussed differentiating instruction and meeting students’ individual needs, they did so through the framework of Learning Styles. However, in...
If you’re like most teachers, you spend a crazy amount of your own money on your classroom. In fact, this Forbes article explains that teachers...
Seven out of 10 academic leaders agree that online learning is critical to the future of education. That’s why the number of students enrolled in...
In the real world, as in the classroom, there are often complex projects that are not as simple as a sheet of math problems that...
The Now Habit is a book written by Neil Fiore, Ph.D., who is a licensed psychologist, author, and former president of the Northern California Society...
In 2011, Edutopia published an article discussing how to combat plagiarism. Four years later, we are still looking for ways to fix this problem. In...
Notetaking is a skill that students will take with them into their careers. Whether they are in meetings, participating in brainstorming sessions, or making annotations...
It’s no secret that students are facing increasing psychological and emotional stresses at school both academically and socially. Fortunately, meditation can help resolve some of...
You may already be using video to support your lessons, but have you considered encouraging your students to create them? Student-to-student videos enhance student understanding...
The Common Core State Standards have generated a lot of new buzzwords in English classrooms. All of a sudden it’s not enough for students to...
The idea of dissection in the classroom is nothing new. Science teachers have been delighting (and occasionally sickening) students for decades by giving them hands-on...
It is a great misconception to assume that social change can only be implemented by those who have already reached adulthood. In fact, many young...
Social media is an ingrained part of today’s society. Our students are constantly on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and likely many sites we’re not hip enough...
I was a child of the ‘80s. I started kindergarten in ’77, and proceeded to have the typical educational experience throughout the entire decade to...
By now, saying that “the iPad is a great tool for customizing the classroom” wouldn’t exactly be breaking news. But while this holds true for...
Parent-teacher conferences provide parents with updates on their child’s progress and opportunities to see their student’s work. They also open communication between school and home....
Photo Credit: Mike Linksvayer With a motto like, “Ideas worth spreading,” it’s almost like TED Talks were made for the classroom — after all,...
When you think about scaffolds, you probably visualize the structures used during construction to support workers and materials. Scaffolded instruction is very similar, in that...
A lot of the facts you teach your students will be long forgotten by the time they reach graduation, but the hope is that the...
In an article published earlier this year, we said “public schools’ focus on teaching to the test may be squelching students’ creativity.” Bright students don’t...
Over the past several years, there has been a great effort in the popular media to redeem the term “introversion” from something that almost feels...
If you’ve had an iPad (or several) in your classroom for any extended period of time, you’re probably familiar with the many practical ways this...