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9-12 High School

Explore and share tips, strategies, and resources for helping students develop in grades 9-12.

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  • Using ChatGPT in Math Lesson Planning

    Artificial intelligence tools are useful beyond language arts classes. Math teachers can use them to save time and create interesting lessons.
    Kristen Moore
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  • How Peer Teaching Assistants Can Support Multilingual Learners

    Consistent interaction with fellow students who know what it’s like to learn a new language can offer multilingual learners essential support.
  • Teaching High School Students How to Budget

    Giving older students a plan for saving, spending, and sharing their money can help them make wise financial decisions in the future.
  • How to Teach Black Resistance Beyond Black History Month

    High school students can learn about Black Americans’ fight against social and political oppression throughout the school year.
  • Teaching Students How to Be Smart With Their Money

    When schools teach financial literacy, they help students develop lifelong money management skills—and families benefit too.
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  • Using Skills to Grade Proficiency in Science

    Proficiency scales provide an excellent way to evaluate students on their scientific knowledge and skills.
    293
  • How to Engage Students the Moment They Enter the Classroom

    Openers matter and set the tone for the lesson that follows. Here’s how to start strong when you need to.
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  • How to Help Students Resist Their Phones and Develop Better Digital Habits

    Excessive phone use can lead to depression and poor school performance, but building academic confidence can forge healthier habits.
    245
  • 4 Ways to Teach Students Backward Planning

    Students can learn to use their time wisely and strengthen their executive functioning skills by starting with the end in mind.
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    The Case Against Zeros in Grading

    Teachers can rethink their grading practices to make them more mathematically fair for students and allow for redemption for a missed assignment.
    31.3k
  • A Collaborative Approach to Mistake Analysis

    This method calls for students working in groups to create problems, point out common errors, find solutions, and then explain the process.
    2.2k
  • An illustration concept of a group of students communicating through one technology platform

    8 Strategies to Improve Participation in Your Virtual Classroom

    Educators share their best synchronous and asynchronous strategies to boost student participation during online learning.
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  • Strategies for Supporting Students’ Speaking and Listening Skills

    Many students struggle with these skills, which are tied to academic success. Here are a few ways to teach them explicitly.
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  • Using Socratic Seminars to Build Social and Emotional Learning Competencies

    Good SEL skills are essential for students to be able to converse thoughtfully about a text.
    770
  • How to Turn Your Math Classroom Into a ‘Thinking Classroom’

    The researcher Peter Liljedahl evangelizes for practices that prioritize and stimulate more hard thinking in classrooms.
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