Edtech
4 ways to humanize your school-home communications
Video messages, social media and personalization via a school-home communications system have helped make stronger connections.
Education
Insights
Talking about student mental health is only half the conversation
A trauma-informed approach to students' behavioral issues helps teachers understand when problems have deep roots.
Educational Leadership
Do you have the school safety measures necessary for a safe learning space?
Prevention, preparedness and response are the three legs of the school safety stool. Technology offers helpful school safety measures.
Analysis
Detracking, AVID atmosphere may improve students’ health, psychosocial outcomes
Moving B- and C-average students to a college-preparatory AVID program raised expectations and yielded better socialization, problem-solving and persistence.
Educational Leadership
Do you have the school safety measures necessary for a safe learning space?
Prevention, preparedness and response are the three legs of the school safety stool. Technology offers helpful school safety measures.
Educational Leadership
How we improve instruction with video for coaching
Making video recording optional earned us buy-in, and using videos only for coaching has made it popular among administrators and teachers.
Commentary
Occupational therapy: Empowering exceptional students
An occupational therapist shortage threatens students with disabilities -- both in school and for their future. How can we solve it?
Insights
A new task for teachers: Developing curriculum
Developing curriculum as textbooks were pared back during the pandemic is another add-on to teachers' duties. Internet resources can help.
Events
How Smithsonian educators help teachers, students thrive
The Smithsonian Institution's undersecretary for education, Monique Chism, writes about the Smithsonian's education role and shares details on an upcoming summit for educators.
Educational Leadership
Building a beautiful bridge and bond between school and families
Creating and maintaining that bond between school and families starts before school begins and extends far beyond the walls of the school.
Educational Leadership
How a lunar assist and dose of AI build student momentum
A lunar assist helped stranded astronauts return to Earth little by little, and a similar, gradual technique builds student momentum.
Educational Leadership
Physical school safety changes we made after a shooting at our middle school
An Idaho superintendent shares lessons learned after a school shooting and changes made to enhance school safety.
Edtech
5 educator and student edtech trends to watch
A look at the future of education and what 5 major edttrends students and educators should be prepared for.
Insights
A focus on higher education wellness programs
How safety, well-being and inclusion efforts help lead to student success on higher education campuses.
Educational Leadership
The nuances of belonging
Belonging, or not, isn't always as straightforward as it seems. Connections are important, but let the nuances of belonging be your guide.
Education
Writing grants to fund educational projects and innovation
Writing grants requires plenty of preparation and attention to detail, but it can yield dividends for classrooms, PD and other projects.
Education
Blending subjects: How I build historical context into science curriculum
Blending subjects helps students understand how they fit together and increases their interest in what may have been a non-favorite subject.
Commentary
Thank you! A tribute to the teachers who made a difference
Teachers change lives. Here, SmartBrief editors talk about the teachers who made a difference in our worlds and the lessons we learned from them.
Edtech
Edtech 2023: SmartBrief Readers’ Choice Awards
From classroom management to professional development to reading and literacy, SmartBrief readers chose their favorite platforms and solutions.
Best Practices
Growing teachers: A cycle of feedback and support
Kahului Elementary School’s classroom visit feedback support cycle is key to its teacher support program. Here, Principal Sue Forbes and Academic Coach Stacey Hankinson walk through the process.
Best Practices
Collective teacher efficacy: A 4-point plan
Kahului Elementary School in Hawaii employs a teacher support program that’s based on the research of John Hattie about collective teacher efficacy. Here, principal Sue Forbes outlines the school’s four-step strategy.
Best Practices
When teachers succeed, students succeed
The best way to drive student achievement is by nurturing collective teacher efficacy, say two Hawaii educators. Here is how they’re making that happen on their campus.
Career-Technical Education
Offering prior learning credits helps increase earning power
Getting college credit for prior learning can help people slash thousands of dollars from tuition and reduce time needed to complete a degree.
Educational Leadership
Horace Mann award winner shares how she helps bridge divides
Horace Mann Award finalist Natalie Johnson-Berry has an extensive background that allows her to build bridges to diversity and inclusion.
Edtech
How instructional audio can help re-engage students
Students farther than 6 feet from a teacher may have trouble hearing . Those in the back of the classroom can miss 30% of what's being said.
Education
How classroom wellness practices help teachers, students
While teachers are not mental health professionals, they are the front line for supporting themselves and students with wellness practices.
Edtech
How AI and VR will enhance language learning beyond 2023
AI chatbots, ML algorithms and VR exchange programs are educational tools set to make language learning easier.
Educational Leadership
4 ways leaders can set teachers up for classroom management success
Classroom management starts with helping teachers get to know families and students before the school year begins.
Insights
Reinventing mental health support in K-12 schools
Insights is a SmartBrief Education Originals column that features perspectives from noted experts and leaders in education on the hot-button issues affecting schools and...
Educational Leadership
Discover how storytelling builds students’ resilience
Making connections with others, which can be aided by storytelling, is a powerful way to develop and nurture resilience in students.
Educational Leadership
Global ideas that show the power of an education servant leader
Involved individuals who practice education servant leadership often are the enthusiasts behind initiatives that benefit students.
Sponsored
Fixing STEM education for Black students and teachers
The sad truth is that there is a dire shortage of Black STEM educators. A DonorsChoose survey found that while 15% of public school students are Black males, only 2% of teachers are Black males.
Educational Leadership
10 key takeaways from ASCD 2023
Identity, dissent and diamonds were all important lessons educator Fred Ende gleaned during the ASCD 2023 conference.
Education
Microcredentials for educators: A powerful professional learning option
Schools can create their own microcredentials for educators to create professional development options that target precise needs.
Events
Practicing happiness, working together
In his closing general session at the 2023 ASCD Annual Conference, author and researcher Shawn Achor talks about his work studying happiness and says we may be looking at things backward when we believe attaining certain levels of success will make us happy.
Insights
Educators’ future is in blockchain and microcredentials
Educational institutions can move into the future by adopting blockchain, Web3, microcredentials and certificates.
Insights
Teacher strategies to address student stress and behavior
Teacher care and creativity can help address student stress and behavior by nurturing students while keeping classroom lessons moving.
Edtech
Tips to help students perform their best in online exams
Creating exams specifically for the internet and focusing on students' mental health help this university's success with online exams.
Education
You have permission to take a break for fun!
In her Learning Lab workshop at ASCD23, English-language arts teacher Melissa Moultroup shared ideas for making the classroom and learning fun.
Educational Leadership
Michele Borba: Thrivers are made not born
Education psychologist Michele Borba, in her keynote presentation at ASCD23, outlined seven ways educators can help nurture students’ resilience and teach them to thrive in school and life.
Educational Leadership
Love comes first
Author, educator and debate coach Brandon P. Fleming talks about the power of compassion to radically change -- and save! -- lives.
Educational Leadership
5 ways to design more inclusive learning experiences for students
Using Universal Design for Learning when developing courses helps ensure inclusive learning for students in college as well as K-12.