
By Teachers, For Teachers

Keeping kids motivated and on task at the end of the year is challenging at best, especially after state tests are over. Here are 12 effective strategies to turn students' end-of-the-year energy into instructional success.

On April 12, 1961, Colonel Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin was the first human to travel into space. Here are a few ideas and activities to help you celebrate and honor this wonderful achievement in your classroom.

How do you turn a traditional entrenched classroom into one that's inquiry-based? By taking things one step at a time. Here are fifteen ways you can try; maybe one or more will resonate with your teaching style.

The majority of teachers have had to deal with students sleeping in the classroom. But how do we correct the behavior without wasting a ton of class time or sending our students the message that we don’t care about them? Here are a few strategies you can try.

It used to be simple to post grades. Add up test scores and see what the student earned. Very defensible. Everyone understood. In this new technology-driven world, it's not that way anymore. Here are factors to consider when posting grades:
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