7 Ways to Build a Learner-Centered Classroom

Teachers can create positive learning experiences for students that combine assessment with agency, opportunity, and community building.

When students work in groups to analyze a text in the target language, it deepens their understanding.

Teachers can motivate middle and high school students by providing structure while also allowing them some control over their learning.

Special education teachers need both support and autonomy to successfully teach in blended learning environments.

High school teachers can use these strategies to keep students engaged in learning throughout the year.

Teachers can use creative ways to spark students’ interest in words and encourage long-term retention of their meanings.

Sixty schools are piloting a new AP course that aims to take a comprehensive look at the history, politics, culture, and economics of African Americans in the U.S. The subject’s new teachers spoke to Edutopia about the experience so far.

Culled from higher education, seminars offer powerful opportunities to personalize instruction in a small-group format—and involve an element of student choice.

With a better understanding of time, students are able to plan and prioritize their work in ways that support academic success.

Connecting students’ culture and backgrounds to the classroom isn’t just a nice thing to do—it can have a huge impact on keeping them engaged and making learning materials relevant.