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Sharing what works in education. 💡 Edutopia is an initiative of the George Lucas Educational Foundation.
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Joined April 2009
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Want accessible, classroom-friendly highlights of this year’s must-read studies? We’ve got you covered.
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It’s that time again—our yearly review of the research you should read, from the sneaky ways that inattention can spread in your classroom to the promises and perils of AI.
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Explore the science behind student success! 📊🏆 Our popular video series offers practical insights and strategies backed by the latest research. Check it out:
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In this series, we explore how educators can guide all students, regardless of their developmental starting points, to become productive and engaged learners.
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Humans are hardwired to forget. But these research-backed strategies can boost retention! 🧠 📈
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We know that spicing up a learning activity by adding movement can enhance student memory—pairing the word “airplane” with pretending to be one, for example—but do we know by how much? In a 2022 meta-analysis, researchers combed through 183 studies across the last six decades to
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This simple tactic can help you manage all the student requests during a project or independent activity. 🙌 Watch all of our 60-second strategies in *one* place: https://t.co/sVWUP2SjoE
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Staff at this New Jersey high school have been working to improve attendance rates—and they’re seeing success. ⭐ Here are the strategies they’re using:
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A new leadership team cut down on absences by trying a variety of outreach strategies, including a targeted mentorship program.
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How can we better prepare future teachers? Educators shared their thoughts on how to improve teacher prep programs—what things would you add to the list? 🏫
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Student teaching advisers and students share ideas for making teacher preparation programs more relevant.
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Our community of educators raised big questions, surprising solutions, and inspiring insights in 2024. We’re reflecting on them. 🪞 https://t.co/THaB4Hm7uY
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You can build community *and* promote literacy at the same time! 🤝📖 Explore practical ways to forge relationships—using the community-focused and cultural nature of literacy.
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Schools can support relationships among students, staff, and the wider community through engaging opportunities that promote literacy.
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Administrators: A schoolwide #PBL initiative has many moving parts, but you can keep 3 key steps in mind to help ensure success. 🌟
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Implementing any new initiative is tough, but school leaders can use these ideas to work with teachers in rolling out project-based learning across the school.
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Grading is not as accurate, as motivating, or as sustainable as it’s cracked up to be, the research suggests. Explore some alternatives:
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Excessive grading stresses out kids and teachers, stifles innovative teaching, and fails to deliver as a true measurement of learning.
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A high school teacher found he could build a stronger classroom community in less than one minute each day—with a simple activity called Daily Dedications. 🧡
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The downfall of whole-book reading, pushing back on AI in the classroom, and glimmers of hope for student mental health—here are the trends that sparked passionate debates among educators this year. 💬
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The inspiring debates and powerful ideas that energized, worried, and motivated you—our readers—this year.
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How can districts and states support new school leaders? Structured opportunities for professional learning lead to long-term success. 🏆
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Structured opportunities for professional learning go a long way to help ensure the long-term success of new administrators.
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Students make these common mistakes in their college applications—and ChatGPT will probably make them a lot worse. Here’s how to avoid them and write personal, moving essays. 📝
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College applicants stand to benefit from leaning on their own humanness, rather than generic and uninspiring responses aided by AI.
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Think-Pair-Share: It’s a classic for a reason. These twists can keep it effective and engaging—never boring. 💭✌️💬
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Teachers and students use this classic learning strategy often. To keep it from getting stale, try these tweaks.
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