Dr Cecila Gillam shares about the need for teachers to diversify their portfolios of ed tech tools and for removing barriers to getting more underrepresented students into STEM courses. Listen to the episode here: podcasts.apple.com/nz/podca...

"I’ve always believed that time is a precious commodity for educators, and I wanted my tenure to be truly impactful for myself and those I serve." Distinguished Modern Classroom Educator Ryan Hoxie explores how AI has supported his work as a new administrator on Edutopia. Read now:

Check out the full episode here Special Guests: Erin Luckhardt and Kim Weaver.

How do you give students a voice in your classroom? In this article, MCP educator Ylaiza Perez and others share the small teaching moves that make the biggest differences in their classrooms. Read more:

The Co-Lab begins in an hour! Join teachers from around the world to connect, troubleshoot, and share your best practices and biggest wins from this year. Will we see you there? Register: modernclassproj.org/49Xt6d9

Click here to hear the full episode Special Guests: Hans Neseth, Ian Paulino, and Kennedy Pendleton.

Christina Herrick, a Modern Classrooms Expert Mentor, shares how integrating Building Thinking Classrooms strategies into personalized learning models can increase student collaboration and engagement in deeper learning. Read more: modernclassproj.org/-custom...

Our Leadership Collaborative Summer Summit is open for registration. June 23, virtual, free. Designed for school and district leaders who want to build schools where every learner is truly seen. Join us: modernclassproj.org/4enyU26

"It felt like a homecoming being back in @dekalbcoschools.bsky.social@DeKalbSchools, but instead of planning for my own middle school classroom, I had the privilege of meeting with transformative school and district leaders. Here is what I learned." Read more:

Your best resource? Other teachers! Join Co-Lab Connect next Wednesday at 7 p.m. to learn the best classroom strategies, tips, and hacks from a community of innovative educators. We hope to see you there! ✌️ Register: modernclassrooms.zoom.us/we...

Expert mentor Laura Domingo shares how the power of formative feedback isn’t in generating grades for the grade book but in using it to drive instruction so each student reaches mastery. Read more: modernclassproj.org/4nXjIMD

TR is joined by Amber Fletcher and Liz Khinda to talk about using MCP in co-taught classes and navigating the challenges of co-teaching Learning Experiences for the Upcoming Week • Join the Modern Classrooms Project on June 23rd for the Leadership Collaborative Summit 2026 — a free, virtual

From demanding lesson plans to challenging student behaviors, it's easy to feel overwhelmed. Even with the best planning, you may still find times that you need immediate stress relief in the moment. What other stress relief strategies would you add to the list? Learn more about immediate stress

Our community of teachers and leaders are truly the best, and we want to make sure we celebrate them as much as we can. Insert the sacred hour. The Sacred Hour is a daily practice where you devote a set amount of time to processing and resetting from the stress of the day. The Sacred Hour only has

Transform a chaotic workday into a productive and fulfilling one by using The Eisenhower Matrix. Ask yourself these questions: Does it need to be done by me? (if no, delegate) Does it need to be done right now? (if no, reschedule) Does it need to be done at all? (if no, delete from your list) If

"We want to move those compliance and behavior things out of the grade so that we can see what students know and can do." – Dr. Shantha Smith. 💡 In a Mastery-Based classroom, we have to separate the student from the skill. Timeliness and collaboration are critical life skills, but when we bake

TR is joined by Dr. Shantha Smith to talk about grading and the critical importance of assessing learning and mastery Show Notes • Crescendo Education group • Grading for Equity , by Joe Feldman • Junk Journaling • Beyond the Grade • Connect with Dr. Smith on LinkedIn

How do we move teachers from How long is this meeting? to How soon can I try this? 🏃‍♀️💨 It starts by addressing the "new name, same old thing" skepticism. If it's not relevant to the classroom right now, it’s just another item on an overloaded plate.

“If all you can do is the Must-Do’s, that’s okay.”✨ Stop the guilt around professional development. We talk about self-paced learning for students—it’s time we applied it to educators, too. Honor your season, protect your capacity, and keep moving forward.

If we want student-centered classrooms, we need teacher-centered PD. 🍎 Using the Universal Design for Learning 3.0 guidelines isn't just for our K-12 students—it’s the key to adult learner engagement. Give teachers choice in what, when, and who they learn with.

Teaching is hard, but finding your joy again shouldn't be. ✨ When we shift to a Mastery-Based, Self-Paced model, it isn't just better for students—it’s a game changer for teacher sustainability. Once the why is clear, the reluctance disappears. Let’s get back to the heart of education. ❤️

Teachers aren’t resistant to growth—they’re resistant to wasted time. 👏 Stop the sit and get and start modeling best practices in professional development. If we want student engagement, we need teacher buy-in first. Check out PLC Toolkit for more strategies at www.modernclassrooms.org/toolkit/plc

Zach is joined by Kaitie Pait and Kendal Giacomini to talk about the supportive community in the MCP facebook group, and how Kaitie asked for and received some help with unit pacing in a post there Show Notes • MCP Podcast episode 171: Resetting MCP (Kendal's previous appearance on the MCP

POV: You’re a teacher who knows your students deserve more than a one-size-fits-all lecture. ✨ Tony Xiao reminds us that curiosity is the best form of professional development. Asking "How can I answer every question?" or "How do I maintain pacing while students self-pace?" isn't a sign of

When a student says “this isn't working,” do we shut it down or open the floor? 🗣️⚖️ In a Modern Classroom, we prioritize student agency over compliance. Althea’s experience shows that learning to hold the space for frustration actually builds a stronger community of learners. When students feel

The best PD isn't a lecture—it’s the teacher down the hall. 🏫✨ Beth Pallister hits the nail on the head: Teachers are the best advocates for mastery-based learning. It’s not just about changing how students learn—it’s about changing how we grow as professionals. 🤝 Listen to episode 265 of the

Real talk: If we’re doing all the talking, they’re doing none of the learning. 🗣️❌ To build long-term retention, students need the driver's seat. Our self-paced model shifts the focus from teacher-led to learner-driven so the content actually sticks—years down the road. 🧠✨ Learn more from Joey

TR is joined by Joseph Lombardi to talk about the Building Thinking Classrooms framework and how it can benefit students in math classes as well as other subjects Show Notes • Explain Everything • Building Thinking Classrooms • Joey's blog post for MCP: "Adding Inquiry to My

How do you meet the needs of the student who needs 2x speed AND the student who needs to pause every 30 seconds? 🧬 You clone yourself. In a Modern Classroom, instructional videos aren’t just "content"—they are accessibility tools. By moving the "receptive" part of learning to video, we give

"I'm mostly planning my small group... and that all comes from the previous day's Mastery Checks." ✍️📊 The secret to a successful student-centered room? Data-driven flexibility. Instead of a fixed seating chart, groups change daily based on who needs support with a specific skill. This allows for:

Meeting IEP needs shouldn't mean you're glued to one desk. By creating material supports that students can use independently, you empower them to participate in collaborative activities on their own terms. Whether it's pointing to an "agree/disagree" board or using a self-paced tracker, the system

"I call it the driver's seat of their learning." 🏎️ This is exactly what the Modern Classrooms Project is all about. By using instructional videos with embedded checks for understanding, students aren't just watching—they’re doing. They know if they get a question wrong, it’s a signal to pause and

"If they never fail, we can't show them how to get themselves up." In a mastery-based classroom, 'fail' isn't a four-letter word—it’s a data point. We’ve become so afraid of student failure that we’re accidentally robbing them of the chance to build resilience and self-advocacy. By shifting the

Toni Rose is joined by Beth Pallister to talk about leadership in a supportive school environment Contact us, follow us online, and learn more: • Email us questions and feedback at: [email protected] • Listen to this podcast on Youtube • Modern Classrooms: modernclassproj on

Imagine - organic conversations about your subject area and students discovering learning together. This kind of collaboration occurs every day in Modern Classrooms.

Self-pacing doesn’t mean students aren’t collaborating. It means there are more natural and authentic ways of collaborating with each other. Students love learning from each other, so why not create an environment that encourages and centers that?

Learn how to leverage learner variability to create inclusive, impactful instruction that works for everyone with Navigating Learner Variability with Digital Promise. Register for tonight's webinar: modernclassproj.org/46mHSZ1

Self-pacing encourages students to learn at their own pace with guidelines, of course. Ready to try something different in your classroom? Check out our free course at learn.modern classrooms.org or listen to the Modern Classrooms Project podcast. Regardless of how you want to

Mayflower Public Schools educators were struggling to support students across various levels of math readiness. With the support of a new model of instruction, they were able to shift their fourth-grade students' experience in math without leaving anyone behind. When administrators saw our model in

"My theory of action here is that if school systems build clarity of purpose, equip their people and remove friction from implementation, then they'll be able to create coherent responsive environments that drive meaningful measurable student outcomes." Drew Schantz shares what it means to create a

According to research, here are the best practices for feedback to teachers. What else would you add?

"When it comes to actually showing teachers how to use new technology or implement a new approach, leaders have to be the number one risk taker and model self-compassion because inevitably there will be frustrations and failures. Afterall, educators, just like students, learn at different paces and

Toni Rose is joined by Lindsay Armbruster to talk about planning units with the end in mind, beginning with standards and learning targets, and working down to mastery checks and activities before planning lessons and videos, as well as managing student (and teacher) pacing and workload via the

Twin your wish is our command! Listen to Rob Barnett, co-founder of MCP, talk more about the benefits of blended and self-paced learning in the classroom.

Leaders: Would you ask your teachers to do something you haven’t tried yourself? 🧐🍎 Principal, Maureen Delgado, shares that by stepping into the shoes of a learner, administrators can truly understand the expectations before asking their staff to make the shift. Let’s stop just managing and start

Instructional videos help clone teachers so that we can spend our class time more intentionally through small groups and 1-1.

Are your students achieving true Reading Comprehension? 🤔 Remember the Simple View of Reading (coined in 1986). It's the critical foundation built by Word Recognition and Language Comprehension. Often, instruction skips straight to the overall reading comprehension part, but we must work on these

Effective systems in a Modern Classroom can be the difference between a controlled chaos where all students are each engaged in various learning activities and well, just chaos. In this course, we will show you the routines and procedures that support student achievement and teacher retention.

Tired of taking grading home? Sarah Hower was, too. So she automated grading and unleashed student learning. Listen to the Modern Classrooms Project Podcast episode 158

Feedback makes learning more meaningful for students. Hear more from educators Jerod Brown and Dan Ronchak about the art of effective feedback in a Modern Classroom setting on the Modern Classrooms Project Podcast.