A Year of No Tests

Removing summative assessments from instructional practice can make class more interesting, engaging, and stress free for students.

For middle and high school students, the last few weeks of school offer a great opportunity to look back on challenges they’ve overcome, celebrate achievements, and dream of what is to come next year.

How a teacher used a mini-unit featuring poetry, music, and art to help her third-grade students learn more about themselves and each other.

As summer approaches, students’ motivation can wane, but goal setting can help them stay on track.

By taking stock of the year’s challenges and successes and soliciting feedback from teachers and staff, school leaders can prepare for the fall.

Teachers can balance maintaining classroom routines with creating special moments for students to remember.

As they emerged from the difficulties of the past few years, these students combined humanities, STEM, and the arts in a project that celebrated their identities as individuals and as a community.

To help students be more creative and become innovators, teachers must first nurture their own creativity.

Using text-to-speech tools boosts access and engagement for students with reading disabilities, leading to improved academic outcomes.

Teachers can put students in control of how they absorb information by giving them multiple options to achieve learning goals.