Student Motivation & Engagement
Education news, analysis, and opinion about efforts to get students involved and active in learning and classroom activities
Teaching
Opinion
What Students Truly Mean When They Say They're Bored (And What to Do About It)
Boredom can be a warning that something is off in our environment the way that pain alerts us that something is wrong with our bodies. Here are three techniques to keep students engaged.
Student Well-Being & Movement
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How Students Find Strength Now | Supporting Student Leadership
Youth advocate Cristina Perez talks to student-activist Jennifer Belo on how to elevate student voice in times of crisis and beyond.
Student Well-Being & Movement
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How Students Find Strength Now | Everybody Needs a Team
Michael Jabour & Grace Johnson discuss how doing athletics remotely during the pandemic helped maintained students' motivation & well-being.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Why Students Need Social-Emotional Learning Now
Some child-development experts are worried that students’ social, emotional, and mental well-being will be put on the backburner this fall.
School Climate & Safety
Triaging for Trauma During COVID-19
Even with remote learning, there are steps schools can take to reach stressed-out students without pathologizing them.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Teaching the 'New' COVID-19 Social-Emotional Skills
Helping students develop critical social-emotional skills in a socially distanced world will require rethinking existing approaches.
Student Well-Being & Movement
How to Build Relationships With Students During COVID-19
The beginning of the semester is a crucial time to bridge social distances to form the personal connections that students will need to sustain them academically and emotionally.
Student Well-Being & Movement
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Language for Forging Online Connections With Students
In online teaching environments, educators must be more intentional about checking in with students.
Student Achievement
Students Lost Time and Learning in the Pandemic. What 'Acceleration' Can Do to Help
A strategy that gives more learning time in small groups of students without taking time away from core instruction.
Student Achievement
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High-Dosage Tutoring Is Effective, But Expensive. Ideas for Making It Work
Individual or small group tutoring is the most powerful strategy schools can use to respond to pandemic learning losses.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Remote Learning Is Tough for Many Students. How 'Early-Warning' Data Can Help Schools Support Them
Schools with early-warning systems can stave off academic struggles. Experts advise on adapting the strategy for online learning.
Student Well-Being & Movement
How a Summer Learning and Sports Program Adapted to the Pandemic
Leaders at DREAM's REAL Kid's New York summer academic and baseball program decided early on to move the program online. To do that, they relied on their core principle: the value of being on a team.
Teacher Preparation
Classroom Routines Must Change. Here's What Teaching Looks Like Under COVID-19
Experts say there are some priorities for instruction this year that cut across virtual and brick-and-mortar environments.
Student Well-Being & Movement
COVID-19 Has Left Thousands of After-School Programs in Jeopardy
Six in 10 programs worry they will have to shut down permanently, a survey finds—and that was before so many districts announced fall remote-learning plans.