Key points: As a paraprofessional for over 3 years and going on my 5th year as a certified special education resource teacher, I’ve learned that no two learners…
Read more Tips and tools to effectively differentiate learning for student engagementNovember 14, 2025 | Updated November 13, 2025 12 Common Reasons Students Don’t Read & What You Can Do About It by Terry Heick Why don’t students…
Read more 12 Reasons Students Don’t Read & What You Can Do About It – TeachThoughtGet stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Student engagement is critical to student success: The more deeply students connect with…
Read more Student Engagement Is Key, Defining and Measuring it Is the Challengeby Terry Heick You care but it’s a tired cliche–limps out of your mouth, barely alive: “How was school?” You might use a slight variation like, “What’d you…
Read more What Did You Learn In School Today? 44 AlternativesKey points: In my classroom, students increasingly ask for relevant content. Students want to know how what they are learning in school relates to the world beyond the…
Read more Effective tools to foster student engagementKey points: As students and teachers prepare for a new school year, it’s important to remember that success in the classroom isn’t just about academics; it’s about supporting the…
Read more Back-to-school success for all: Building vital classroom skillsThis press release originally appeared online. Key points: While there is wide agreement that student engagement plays a vital role in learning, educators continue to face uncertainty about…
Read more New research highlights the importance and challenges of K-12 student engagementby TeachThought Staff There are many ways to encourage a child, but for students of any age, honest, authentic, and persistent messages from adults that have credibility in…
Read more Things You Can Say To Encourage A ChildReport Explores Link Between Student Engagement and Learning Over 90% of teachers, principals, and superintendents agree that student engagement is a critical metric for understanding overall achievement, according…
Read more Report Explores Link Between Student Engagement and Learning — THE JournalNearly 1,400 voices—students, teachers, superintendents, and parents—shed light on how engagement is defined, measured, and misunderstood in schools. INTERVIEW | by Victor Rivero Engagement may be the engine…
Read more The Engagement Gap: Discovery Education CEO Brian Shaw on What’s Missing in K–12 Classrooms – EdTech Digestcontributed by Angela Peery Picture a classroom full of youngsters. They could be darling, chubby-cheeked kindergartners or swaggering, confident high school seniors – or anything in between. Can…
Read more Creating A Culture Of Reading In Your Classroom – TeachThoughtCARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, Calif., March 6, 2025 (Newswire.com) – GameClass, the groundbreaking EdTech startup that transforms popular video games into interactive educational lessons and assessments, has officially partnered with the…
Read more GameClass Partners with NASEF South Africa to Bring Video Game Education to Over 200 Schoolsby TeachThought Staff There are many ways to encourage a child, but for students of any age, honest, authentic, and persistent messages from adults that have credibility in…
Read more 50 Things You Can Say To Encourage A ChildKey points: Who doesn’t love arts and crafts? From the early days of kindergarten, teachers have used crafts as a way to foster students’ curiosity, creativity, and critical…
Read more 5 ways to use crafts to drive deeper learningby Terry Heick While I often talk about ‘scale’ as one of the primary challenges in education–and have also wondered about curriculum, too–a more subversive concept constantly at play…
Read more Tone In Teaching: 20 Words That Can Change How Students Thinkby TeachThought Staff Team-building activities are great–especially for the first day of school or early in the school year, Not only can they help establish routines, tone, and…
Read more 10 Team-Building Games For The First Day Of School“Let’s get out our [independent/book club/whole class] books and open to page __!” At least one student in the room experiences a shudder of disdain and a wave…
Read more The 33 Best Books For Students Who Don’t Like To ReadOnce it’s begun, it’s difficult to fully separate the person from the task. When the artist is painting, the painter and the act of painting become a single…
Read more 14 Ways To Help Students Build ConfidenceSilence may be golden, but when it comes to learning with a tutor, talking is pure gold. It’s audible proof that a student is paying attention and not…
Read more PROOF POINTS: How to get teachers to talk less and students moreKey points: All classrooms are different and require different teaching strategies to address various concerns, goals, and learning trends. Plus, it takes a dedicated teacher to employ the…
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