In lesson author Tim Smyth’s book, “Teaching with Comics and Graphic Novels: Fun and Engaging Strategies to Improve Close Reading and Critical Thinking in Every Classroom” (Routledge 2022), he discuss ...

Students will create their own survival kit explaining and illustrating what skills, ideas or tips are most important when navigating social media and online claims. Use the student facing guide for ...

Middle school teachers can support student agency by sharing ownership of the space, encouraging peer-to-peer teaching, and including students in decision-making.

What is a Lesson Plan? An effective lesson plan demonstrates how a teacher creates objectives for his or her students and measures how those objectives are mastered. Creating a lesson plan begins with ...

THE National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco), is inviting Grade 7 to 12 teachers across ...

Researchers have found that one key way to encourage intrinsic motivation to learn is by making classroom lessons relevant to students’ lives. This element is constant—whether we’re doing remote ...

Before Lisa Peacock begins a biology lesson, she asks her students to think about something bigger: their gifts, choices and ...

Video can be a powerful tool for classroom learning, and it’s safe to say that teachers have never had more videos at their fingertips than they do today. But with so many videos on YouTube, how do ...

At the end of a recent professional training, I had a rather candid conversation with an assistant principal. He was frustrated with his school’s sole focus on enhancing academic rigor at the cost of ...