Education

As students develop writing and presentation skills, peer feedback is a great way to help them progress in their skills and self-assessment. The key is providing students with a structure for planning and delivering that feedback so it’s helpful and...

by Terry Heick We tend to teach reading in a very industrial way in the United States. We focus on giving kids ‘tools’ and ‘strategies’ to ‘make’ sense of a text. To ‘take the text apart’. To look for the...

by Terry Heick The first step in helping students think for themselves just might be to help them see who they are and where they are and what they should know in response. See also 100 Questions That Help Students...

20+ Teacher Tools To Create Online Assessments (2025) Build quick checks, quizzes, exams, and performance tasks with the classroom-ready tools below. For broader teaching stacks, see Teacher Productivity Tools, MOOCs for Teachers & Students, and Essential EdTech Tools. Online Assessment...

Dear We Are Teachers, I fully support our gifted and talented students, but I’m noticing a huge imbalance at my school. The G/T kids get smaller class sizes, special field trips, enrichment projects, experienced teachers, and even better access to...

Whether your school carnival happens as a fall festival or an end-of-year party, the right decor can help make the carnival an official big-top event. Our bundle of 70 printable carnival station signs includes everything you need to organize your...

Question: Does it feel like the volume in the hallways is always turned on high between periods? Or perhaps lunchroom acoustics are a little overwhelming? Because it’s important to know that you can protect your hearing (and your comfort) while...

If you feel like you’ve been hearing about artificial intelligence (AI) nonstop lately, you’re not alone. For teachers, it can feel both exciting and overwhelming. AI promises to save time and spark new ideas, but we know there are a...

We’ve all been there: You’re delivering a lecture full of insight, but students haven’t even picked up a pencil. Yes, today’s students expect printouts, class web pages, and graphic organizers, but good old-fashioned note-taking is still a skill they should...

Fifth and sixth grade ELA teacher and school librarian Amy Brownlee knows how powerful it can be when students connect with a lesson in unexpected ways. When she brought Ask, Listen, Learn‘s underage drinking and cannabis use prevention resources into...