Radical collegiality encourages teachers to embrace the idea that veteran and early career educators can learn from one another, making everyone’s practice more sustainable and effective! 🌟 #EduSky

“Reengagement rarely happens through discipline or pressure alone. Rather, it happens by building systems that combine high expectations with consistent support.” —Dr. Janice Wyatt-Ross, on how to support students facing disengagement or trauma #SchoolLeaders #EduSky

“How did you get that answer?” 🤔 Asking this isn’t the best way to help your math student explain their thinking. Here are 4 better questions. #MathSky #ITeachMath #EduSky

The Force is strong with this May the Fourth activity. 🌠 This Star Wars Day activity has both fun *and* substance—and it lasts all week! #EduSky

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“I believe that focusing on the basic facets of child development, as Fred Rogers did over 30 years and 900 episodes of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, holds the key to a beautiful classroom neighborhood where students and the teacher thrive.” 🧡 #SEL #EarlyChildhoodEducation #ElementaryTeacher

It can be easy to forget, especially as shiny new edtech tools seem to drop each day. But instructional technology educator @mrsuteachestech.bsky.social shares a reminder: Adding *more* tech tools doesn’t promise better learning. 🧰 #EdTech #EduSky

A blank notebook may seem like nothing to start. But the right activities, paired with student investment, can transform paper into a valuable record of a year’s worth of thinking and learning. 📓 #EduSky

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If you’re a teacher looking to… 📈 Boost productivity 💥 Spark creativity 😄 Promote student-wellbeing …then our collection of brain break resources is for you! #EduSky #BrainBreaks

7 great ways to get students engaged in review prep—that are supported by science! 🙌 #assessment #EduSky

T2T 🤝 Edutopia (yep, you read that right!) Teacher2Teacher is now part of @edutopia.org, and @kfusaropizzo.bsky.social’s reaction nails our sentiments exactly: “These two communities joining forces just makes sense!” Sign up to stay in the loop: https://edut.to/3MVlNdW

Help students climb up the ladder of a tough nonfiction passage, rung by rung! 🪜This scaffolding strategy gives them the steps they’ll need. #literacy #EduSky

For the latest edition of @edutopia.org's tech newsletter The Wired Classroom, I joined the masterful @stephenmerrill.bsky.social to make the case for one tool worth rediscovering. 👀 Hard to describe what an honor it is to share a byline w/ someone I look up to this much! 🤯✨

Well-meaning efforts to assess learning accurately have led some schools to set 50 as the lowest grade, but that can have negative consequences. @mrrablin.bsky.social proposes a better solution. 💯 #EduSky #assessment

Principal Project 🤝 Edutopia Big news! Principal Project is joining @edutopia.org. The goal for this next chapter is simple: provide you with even more useful, timely, and relevant resources. Sign up to stay in the loop: https://edut.to/4ls3Ikn

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Big News! @teacher2teacher.bsky.social and @principalproject.bsky.social have joined the Edutopia family, adding new ways for our community of educators to get just-in-time advice, share high-quality resources, and connect with peers. Stay tuned for more updates!

Build background knowledge, boost creative thinking, *and* get high school students excited to tackle texts using the 4 P’s structure: Prose, Poetry, Painting, Practice. 📚🎨 #EduSky

Honored to share my most recent post for @edutopia.org! www.edutopia.org/article/limi...

By taking a few minutes to have students interact with the daily learning objective, instead of just reading it, this teacher has created a more effective way to kick off her lessons. 🙌 #EduSky

Instead of overly planning lessons for kids to follow, try something simple in STEM: Give them a challenge, sit back, and watch them fail. ⚙️ #STEM #EduSky

For early-career teachers and veterans alike, there is always something new to learn. Radical collegiality encourages teachers to work together to share ideas and expertise that help everyone improve. 🤝 #EduSky

Better classroom design and well-timed breaks can boost executive function skills, helping students focus and learn more effectively. 🌟 #EdResearch #EduSky #ClassroomDesign

A 100-year old story can help middle school students make real-world connections between their present day lives and the significant impact of technology. 📖 #literacy #EduSky #EdTech

By broadening how we recognize and understand giftedness, fewer students are overlooked and more students are supported in ways that truly meet their needs, educator Laura Mukerji writes. Here are some ways to recognize and support gifted students in your classroom. #EduSky

Cold calling can cause anxiety—but done the right way, it can spark productive classroom discussions. 🧊🔥 Discover research insights that can help you warm up your cold calling practices! #EduSky

Inquiry-based learning and direct instruction don’t have to be mutually exclusive. Here’s how to weave inquiry into direct instruction lessons! 💫 #EduSky

This 4-stage learning process helps school leaders guide preschool teachers to implement creative teaching practices. 🧑‍🏫 #SchoolLeaders #Principals #EduSky

It’s almost the end of the year, and you need an activity that captures your middle schoolers’ attention. This May the Fourth activity, you must consider. 🪐⭐ #EduSky

To close out the school year, @tatertutt.bsky.social gets to do something she loves to do: turn to all of you! Each year, for our annual roundup, we ask: What’s been on your mind this school year? Share your thoughts in our community forum: https://edut.to/4cgNCFR

When elementary students learn how to express big ideas and feelings in a limited number of syllables, they develop stronger literacy skills and expand their emotional intelligence! 💭 #SEL #EduSky

With the right activities and student buy-in, an empty notebook can become one of the most reliable and revealing pieces of “technology” inside your classroom. 📒 #EduSky

Dyscalculia is just as common as dyslexia, studies suggest. But it’s been researched less and has fewer resources, so many teachers still need tools to support students. This guide is a good place to start. ⬇️ #dyscalculia #EduSky #ITeachMath

Lainie shares strategies that support productive struggle: https://edut.to/4dUzPHw

“I remember going back to my classroom, writing my lesson plans, and being so excited! Then I taught the lesson and… let’s just say it didn’t go as planned,” Bexaida Buzzie writes abou teaching the CER method to her middle school science students. Here’s how she simplified the process. 🌟 #EduSky

Bad handwriting has a way of pulling your attention away from a student’s insights to their legibility. While handwriting is an important skill, you can still find ways to assess student understanding effectively, even if they haven’t developed their fine motor skills yet. ✏️ #EduSky

“The messaging that educators are often subjected to around intrinsic and extrinsic motivation is a false dichotomy,” @mrrablin.bsky.social writes. Here’s how *and* why to leverage extrinsic motivation at certain points in the learning process. ⭐ #EduSky

One of the simplest practices that has become one of the best practices for me: writing down one win each day before I leave the classroom: (You see what you look for, right?)

Diving into a novel can be overwhelming for some students, and just not very exciting for others. Educator Shome Dasgupta wanted to find a way to build background knowledge *and* get students interested in an upcoming text. Learn how his 4 P’s structure has made a positive difference! 📖 #EduSky

Want students to do their own thinking and writing—not rely on AI to do it for them? Try these strategies. 👇️ #EduSky #EduSkyAI

Every Friday, these 5th graders record themselves reading aloud into an app, and then listen back to assess their own progress toward fluency goals they set for themselves. Their response? Teacher Samatha DiCiccio says they love it! 🫶 #EdutopiaVideos #EduSky

Looking for more active ways to get kids involved in review activities? Try a snowball fight! ❄️ For 6 more test-prep ideas, read the article. #assessment #EduSky

Five years ago, my editor gave me a list of essential voices in education to follow online. Since then, SO many new ones have shaped my perspective and challenged my thinking. Now, we're crowdsourcing an updated version to share: Who do YOU consider a must-follow voice in education? 👀

When your students are distracted, a quick brain break can help restore focus to your classroom! Here’s a fun one to try. 👇 #60SecondStrategies #EduSky

Adding math thinking into class routines throughout the day helps elementary students build vocabulary and cement their learning! 💭 #MathSky #ElementaryTeacher #EduSky

It can be frustrating when students stop working if a task is hard. But as @cathleenbeachbd.bsky.social writes, it’s probably due to lack of motivation—and most importantly, students can be guided into keeping at it. Try these 3 ideas! 👇 #EduSky

Sometimes, parents make unreasonable requests “only to see if their request is a possibility and quickly back off when you professionally say no.” 💬 This guide can help you respond firmly and empathetically. #EduSky