Plus, An Innovative Way to Deal With Plagiarism
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March 23, 2022

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How to Build a Menstruation Station at Your School 

Nearly one in four students struggles to afford period supplies, which has a major impact on their ability to learn. Schools can help.

An Innovative Way to Deal With Plagiarism 

Creating a short blended learning course is a good way to help students learn how to quote and paraphrase sources and use proper citations.

Fostering Emotional Literacy Begins With the Brain 

Teaching elementary students the neuroscience of emotions helps them understand their feelings and empowers them to respond with intentionality.

5 Ways to Help Neurodiverse Students Improve Executive Function Skills 

Neurodiverse students often struggle with organization in middle and high school, but they can be successful with the proper supports.

6 Small but Mighty Ways to Make Your Students Feel Important 

Hundreds of brilliant educators weighed in with tactics to make kids feel like important members of the school community. We distilled the best advice.

5 Motivating Practices to Help New Teachers Keep Going 

New teachers can use these ideas to sustain themselves when the demands of the job seem overwhelming.

Using Interactive Storytelling to Teach Key Vocabulary Terms 

Embedding important terms in stories created with upper elementary and middle school English learners helps them build their academic vocabulary.

A Teacher Imagines What He’d Do With 10x the Classroom Budget 

Teachers are often forced to pay upwards of $700 of their own money for basic school supplies each year. What if school districts provided them–directly–with the funds they need?

How to Give Science Lessons a Real-World Boost 

Teachers can inject new life into old labs by adding elements that prompt students to show creativity and make connections to prior learning.

3 Simple Ways to Use Pre-Unit Assessments to Promote Critical Thinking 

Teachers can tweak popular strategies to assess students’ prior knowledge in order to encourage critical thinking at the same time.

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