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The 5 Priorities of Classroom Management To effectively manage a classroom, teachers must prioritize building relationships, leveraging time, and designing behavioral standards.

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11 Alternatives to 'Round Robin' (and 'Popcorn') Reading Rather than intimidating young readers with ancient pedagogy, encourage and empower them with livelier strategies such as partner reading or the manic Crazy Professor Game.

Differentiated Instruction: Resource Roundup In this collection of tools and advice from Edutopia and the web, find resources to help you adjust instruction in response to diverse learner needs and interests.

What to do when a student constantly refuses to work There’s at least one in every classroom--yep, I’m talking about the kid who just sits there, and doesn’t work. The one who needs constant cajoling to put pencil to paper and get started. In some cases, there’s an attitude problem and the student is disengaged from school in general, and in other cas...

3 Ways to Encourage Ownership of Learning Ultimately, teachers have the final say in the classroom. But when they share some ownership with students, they create a true community of learners and reap benefits for themselves.

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Really thoughtful piece. This writer uses her own difficult experience to help us better understand how to connect with students who have ADHD. This is not about academic success or behavior management; it's about the relationships we can create with these students.

Educational Leadership:Relationships First:Building Bridges with Students Who Have ADHD Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner. Our 175,000 members in 119 countries are professional educators from all levels an...