Want to improve your students’ literary analysis skills? Try this low-stakes, no-tech activity—all you need is a watercolor palette, brushes, and some creativity. 🎨

These language games will get your upper elementary students excited about building vocabulary, grammar, and listening skills! 📝👂 #ELATeacher #ITeachEnglish

Late work isn’t always a motivation problem. Try these policies that can help students build responsibility without losing sight of learning. #EduSky

"If you’re thinking about school-based clubs, it doesn’t have to be overly complicated." Donna Paul via @edutopia.org www.edutopia.org/article/usin...

Thinking about starting a club at your school? ⛹️🎣 Educator Donna Paul shares the 3 traits of after-school clubs that help students build real-world skills. #EduSky #SEL

School leaders, @edutopia.org has a new email just for you: Principal Project. You can sign up now to get the next issue TOMORROW: www.edutopia.org/principal-pr...

Turn instructional coaching into a strategic machine for your school! Here are the tools that can help. #EduSky

New school leaders may feel overwhelmed trying to tackle everything before them. Try these 4 mental models to help prioritize actions and avoid burnout. #SchoolLeaders

As a new teacher, I often created cumbersome class projects. I felt like the more tasks kids had to complete, the more I was challenging them. 💪🏾 However, my strategy was flawed. 👀 Here is my latest with @edutopia.org on a better way to create rigorous projects. www.edutopia.org/article/incr...

🤝 Madison A. asks: Have you utilized virtual or augmented reality in your classroom? What was your experience? www.edutopia.org/teacher2teac...

"Teachers are professionals. They should be given autonomy and trust unless they prove otherwise." - Erika Niles, Principal of Green Trails Elementary School in Missouri www.edutopia.org/article/lead...

Do your students need help resolving conflicts with classmates? 🫂 Find out how asking these 5 questions can make it a lot easier. #SEL #EduSky

Our phones can make us feel less present. 🪫 Educator Matthew Steen shares the 3 rules he uses to hold himself accountable to use social media in a more productive, less draining way. #TeacherPD

Ever wish you could read your students’ minds? 🧠 These 7 formative assessment strategies get you close! ✏️

How can students connect to the emotions in Shakespeare’s works? 🤔 Try putting on a play! 🎭 #Literacy #ITeachEnglish

Formative assessment works well when it’s quick, simple, and low-stakes. These creative strategies achieve all 3. 🤩 #EduSky #Assessment

As a school leader, have you prioritized building your emotional intelligence? These skills can have a significant impact on teachers and how likely they are to stay at your school. #SchoolLeaders #EduSky

When students see themselves as part of a larger world, they’re likely to have a greater respect for other cultures. 🌏 Here’s how to help students see themselves as world citizens. #ITeachHistory #ITeachSocialStudies

Using retrieval practice to strengthen the path between long and short-term memory is an important step toward cementing learning—setting students up for success. 🏅

Amy shares her favorite relationship-building activities for older students: https://edut.to/4wrB3Ag

These fun vocab games can work for any subject area! 👏 #EduSky #Literacy

More isn’t always better when it comes to creative thinking. 🤔 Learn how to introduce constraints that lead students to think differently about problems. #EduSky #k12

How superintendents can use weekly 1:1 calls with principals to ensure school goals stay aligned with intentions during the year: #SchoolLeaders #EduSky

Meet students where they are in their reading journeys. 📚 Teachers, here’s how you can support older struggling readers by using leveled texts. #literacy #ITeachELA

Teaching is hard, and if you blink, you might miss the good stuff. 👀 This year, high school teacher @marcusluther.bsky.social shared a quick daily practice of flagging small special moments before they slip by unnoticed, marking them on a calendar at the end of the school day. 🧵1/6

Playful learning might feel a bit alien to older students. 👽 But the benefits are worth getting them reacquainted! Here’s how you can create a space where students feel comfortable having fun and taking risks. #HighSchoolTeacher #PlayfulLearning

Create engaging professional learning experiences for educators by implementing these 5 strategies: 1. Building community 🏫 2. Active learning 📚 3. Collaboration 🤝 4. Reflection 🪞 5. Goal setting 🎯 #TeacherPD #SchoolLeaders

Help students lead, vote, and solve problems in their own classrooms! 🇺🇲 Try these 4 civic activities that will let them grow into compassionate citizens. #SEL #ITeachHistory

With students using multiple apps, how do you ensure they’re on the right one, and how do you monitor login and practice progress? Support a fellow educator by answering here: www.edutopia.org/teacher2teac...

We gathered a wonderful group of educators for an evening of good food, thoughtful conversation, and connection at #ISTELive. We left reminded of something we believe deeply: Teaching is collective work, and we all get better when we share what works! Thank you to everyone who joined us. 🧡

These four mental models can help you, as a school leader, prioritize your responsibilities and identify what NOT to do. Read more from educator Rachel Lawton: www.edutopia.org/article/prot...

There are A LOT of complicated things in education, but a simple one, I think: we're all better off when more voices from actual classrooms and schools are being centered in the bigger conversation. So am I excited that @edutopia.org is trying to bring in even more of these voices? 100% yes!

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Have you tried reader’s theater in your classroom? 📚🎭 Educator Katherine Efremkin has you covered with a step-by-step process to get started. #literacy #ELASky

Students’ dwindling attention span captured headlines this year—though you’ve been saying it’s a problem for quite a while.

Lesson ideas are everywhere. Start bringing them to life through careful use of AI. #EduSkyAI #k12

A huge mistake early in my career? Assuming that students knew I was thinking these things and not needing to actually say them aloud. The course-correct: being intentional about saying these things aloud—and also remembering that the meaning is lost when I don't align my actions with them, too.

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“Oops, I made a mistake.” “We’ll figure it out together.” How can these phrases create a supportive classroom? 🤲 Find out how—and discover 5 more powerful teacher expressions here:

Teachers and administrators: Stop guessing what the other party means. 🛑 Try these questions and action steps to close the feedback gap. #TeacherPD #SchoolLeaders