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Three Rewards of Problem-Based Learning

Math education is traditionally a series of exercises with easily obtained answers. Problem-based learning, or problem solving, goes much deeper and taps into what makes us human, namely, multiple creative approaches with a string of steps to solving meaningful and interesting problems.


C’s the Day: How Top Teachers F.E.E.D. Their Students

Like a fine “five-star restaurant” and extraordinary dining experience, a fine educational experience can produce a state of reverence and satisfaction. This is why teachers who F.E.E.D (Fuel, Engage, Empower Daily) their students ensure that students do not S.T.A.R.V.E. (Stop Trying And Reject Valuable Education).


How to Overcome Four Common Challenges of Student-Led Conferences

The student-led conference is a critical part of the learning process that lets students engage in deeper self-reflection. It’s a chance for students of all grade levels to conduct a meeting with their family members and teachers during which time they share a portfolio of their work.


5 Simple Activities to Help Teachers De-Stress and Boost Their Resilience

Schools are stressful places. Regardless of whether you teach in a well-resourced private school or in an underfunded school in an underserved community, teaching is emotional work and is inherently stressful.


Top Ten Podcasts Every Teacher Needs to Hear

Listening to podcasts is an easy way to dive into a topic that interests you and learn something new from others who share your passion for education.


What Every Teacher Should Know About the Science of Learning

The human brain has a remarkable and often unexpected way of making, storing, and retrieving memories. Did you ever wonder why it’s easy to learn some things and hard to learn other things? Why can you read a book and feel you learned a lot, only to find that you’ve forgotten most of it a year later? Why can you remember your first day of teaching, but not your tenth day?


7 Practical and Purposeful Reads for Educators

Ready to conquer another school year? We’ve put together a list of seven books that can help teachers and principals enhance their skills, learn new tactics and techniques, or tend to their emotional well-being. These resources also provide a range of support from practical, ready-to-use templates to deeper, research-based strategies.


Thank You, Teachers!

In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, Jossey-Bass and Wiley thank you for your invaluable contributions and commitment to your students and communities. Your passion, hard work, and dedication is instrumental in your students’ success, and the impact you have lasts a lifetime.


How One Utah School Used Data-Driven Instruction to Improve Average Proficiency Scores by Nearly 30 Points

In fall 2013, Lincoln Elementary School in Ogden, Utah, was struggling. Fewer than 20% of the students were proficient in math and only marginally more were proficient in reading. Ross Lunceford, the new principal who arrived mid-year, could sense how unhappy the staff was, resigned to accept low performance. When he first shared the vision with them that Lincoln could be the highest achieving school in the state, they scoffed.


Oh, Happy Day of Innovation!

National Innovation Day is February 16, a day dedicated to imagining newer, better ways of doing things. The same words that define innovation—creativity, inquisitiveness, imagination, open-mindedness—can apply to the qualities we hope all students exemplify both in the classroom and out in the real world.


What the Black Cab Drivers of London Taught Us About Learning and “Ability”

In the last decade we have seen the emergence of technologies that have given researchers new access into the workings of the mind and brain. One area that has emerged in recent years and stunned scientists concerns “brain plasticity.” Study after study has shown the incredible capacity of brains to grow and change within a really short period.


3 Data Sources to Help You Identify High Impact PD

Take a moment to remember the best professional development (PD) you’ve ever attended. Whatever it was, chances are that the reason this PD still sticks in your mind is that it made a difference to who you became as a person, teacher, or leader. The PD that matters is the PD that marks us and changes us.


The Heart of a Teacher: Identity and Integrity in Teaching

Teachers take great joy in their work and are passionate about helping students succeed. But educator and writer Parker J. Palmer has found that teachers must continually renew this passion in order to avoid burnout. Download this free resource to help teachers in your school or district reconnect with their love for teaching.


For the Love of Teaching

Teaching is one of the most rewarding careers, but it can also be one of the most difficult. The daily stress of managing a classroom can take a toll, and teachers need resilience to weather the challenges and avoid burnout. When teachers build upon and continually renew their passion for education, they are better poised to thrive in long, successful careers.

Using Brain Science to Improve Math Instruction

There is a clear gap between what research has shown to work in teaching math and what happens in schools. Explore the brain science that can help educators improve math instruction and practical activities that can help students succeed.

Strategies for Teaching and Assessing Student Writing

Measuring the quality of student writing is one of the most difficult tasks for any teacher. Explore assessment strategies that can be easily adapted to existing curriculum in any subject area or grade.

Designing Lesson Materials for Success: Implement Double Planning

The most effective teachers Double Plan, or plan for what they and their students will do each step of the way throughout a lesson. In the course of reviewing lesson materials from top teachers, teaching expert Doug Lemov discovered that many teachers Double Plan in a similar format: packets.

Five Characteristics of Successful Teacher Development

Like most professionals, teachers want to brush up on skills and be the best they can be in their respective classrooms. Coaching sessions, workshops, or in-school professional development (PD) days give educators much-needed—and even desired—time to reflect on what they’re already doing right and to discover new ways to fine-tune their craft.