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The Characteristics Of A Good School by Terry Heick For professional development around this idea or others you read about on TeachThought, contact us; this post has been updated and republished from a previous version When a…

100 Of The Best Blended Learning Resources For Teachers by TeachThought Staff The following is a compilation of some of our favorite blending learning resources for teachers in 2018 and 2019. Blended Learning Resources:…

C Here Are 31 Haunted Places You Can Explore With Google Maps by TeachThought Staff Have you ever wanted to play paranormal investigator? Would you like to explore America’s most frightening locations, both near and far? Maybe…

Report: ACT Scores Drop Again; Math Scores Hit 14-Year Low by TeachThought Staff According to a new report released on October 17, 2018 by the ACT, performance on the standardized test by nearly 2 million high school students in…

50 Things You Can Say To Encourage A Child by 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 their eyes are…

Learn Anything: 50 Of The Most Popular Online Courses Of All-Time contributed by Class Central Class Central has thousands of reviews written by our users, and we were able to sort these courses by the Bayesian average of their…

Teachers, It's Time To Talk About Your Stress contributed by Tara Brown As a certified massage therapist for over two decades, in addition to my roles as a teacher and coach, I have seen first-hand the impact of stress on the body.…

8 Things Every Teacher Needs In Order To Grow by Terry Heick What do teachers need to grow? Training, books, words of encouragement, degrees and certifications, Professional Development (TeachThought Professional Development,…

What To Do With A Student by Terry Heick Say you've got some students. Two or 122. Doesn't matter--they're there. What should you do with them? Oh, lots. There's lots to consider. First, you have to see them. Really see them…

Discuss: Are The ACT & SAT Still Relevant For College Admissions? by Terry Heick Are standardized tests still relevant to clarify the 'readiness' of college students? (A better question might be why are the ACT and SAT…

Are You Pushing Or Pulling Students In Your Classroom? by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD At the risk of characterizing teaching and learning in a factory context let's face it, classrooms are a kind of marketplace…

How To Take Cornell Notes Originally published in 2015; updated in October 2018 Form: Cornell Notes Purpose: Distill complex text, arguments, etc. into format useful for study Sweet Spot: Grades 8-12, college Background:…

What Every Student Needs by Terry Heick There is no perfect lesson, unit, or school any more than their can be a perfect song, flavor, or shade of blue. Every student is different. Every single intelligent, forgetful, smiling,…

5 Tools And Strategies That Support Personalized Learning by TeachThought Staff Personalized learning is something that many teachers strive for, but it can be easier to want it than make it happen. Personalization is best…

Teaching Art, Or Teaching To Think Like An Artist? by TeachThought Staff Be creative. Curious. Seek questions. Develop ideas. Play. These ideas are familiar to modern educators, as they represent a kind of polar opposite to the…

How Students Are Like Cats by Terry Heick Students can be a lot like cats. This occurred to me recently when teaching a group of 8th graders about the wonders of the preposition. Cats are curious, aloof little prima donnas…

The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 136 Designing “Low Floor/High Ceiling” Learning Experiences Through Edtech Drew Perkins talks with Charlotte Cheng, Curriculum Product Manager at Wonder Workshop, about their design processes to…

20 Strategies To Get The Best Work From Your Students by Terry Heick Consistently getting the best work from your students Typical strategies for getting the best work from students focus on extrinsic motivation and…