Apart from the buzzword and the hype, though, what does it really look like in the classroom? An earlier post here featured Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher’s ideas, and I’ve talked about secondary ELL ...

Active learning strategies engage students in the learning process, fostering deeper understanding and retention. By encouraging participation, collaboration, and critical thinking during classroom ...

Learning results from what the student does and thinks and only from what the student does and thinks. The teacher can advance learning only by influencing what the student does to learn. (Lovett et ...

The push to expand pre-kindergarten programs is on. Last school year, public pre-K programs received their biggest-ever boost in state funding. Enrollment in state pre-K programs nationwide increased ...

A young professional shared with me recently what she had lost due to COVID. It was not what you might expect: the lost relationships, health concerns and loss of loved ones, or even the loss of a ...

Active learning puts students at the center of the learning process by encouraging them to engage, reflect, and apply what they’re learning in meaningful ways. Rather than passively receiving ...