An award-winning English and Social Studies teacher at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, Calif., Larry Ferlazzo is the author of Helping Students Motivate Themselves: Practical Answers To Classroom Challenges, The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide, and Building Parent Engagement In Schools.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Equity? Equality? How Educators Can Tell the Difference
Educators offer advice and examples for giving students what they need, rather than simply treating everyone the same.
Teaching
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4 Instructional Strategies Teachers Can Count On
Students can understand more challenging concepts when they have multiple opportunities to see how the content relates to other standards.
Classroom Technology
Opinion
Let's Not Oversimplify Students' Cellphone Use
Vilifying the technology, including social media, is easier than digging into the societal issues that contribute to mental health issues.
Reading & Literacy
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Readers Can Struggle at Any Age. Here's How Teachers Can Help
Struggling readers may be able to read the words but fail to make the necessary connections between ideas and their meaning.
Teaching
Opinion
5 Simple Tips for Making an Outsized Impact on Students
There are a few things you can do at the start of a lesson to build student trust.
Teaching
Opinion
So Much Research, So Little Time for Teachers to Put It Into Practice
Education research is voluminous, but teachers often aren't shown how to adapt the findings into their practice.
School & District Management
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Teachers and Students Need Support. 5 Ways Administrators Can Help
In the simplest terms, administrators advise, be present by both listening carefully and being accessible electronically and by phone.
School & District Management
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The Biggest Policy Challenges Schools Are Facing Right Now
State legislatures have the power to manipulate knowledge and rewrite history—but not the necessary educational expertise.
Teaching
Opinion
How to Make Summer School Effective and Engaging
Along with offering meaningful academic lessons, these educators advise incorporating fun so that students want to come to summer school.
Teaching
Opinion
How to End the School Year Strong
Whatever teachers pick to close out the year, they should include opportunities for students to celebrate and reflect on ways they've grown.
Teaching
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Late Assignments: Tips From Educators on Managing Them
Try setting two deadlines, a preferred due date for the majority and a hard deadline for those facing various challenges.
Teaching
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Here's What Accelerated Learning Really Looks Like
Accelerated learning lessons should be engaging, not boring, and the content should be challenging, not dumbed down.
Teaching
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4 Effective Instructional Strategies That Work for Math, Writing, and More
Preassessments give teachers a better baseline for their students in order to dig deeper into the content.
Teaching & Learning
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How to Use AI Tools to Support English-Language Learners
There are many free tools available to educators, but a desired output is key to good results.