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Encouraging Students to Be Storytellers

In my first-ever Edutopia article, I outlined my particular methodology for storytelling. The key ta
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How to Use English Learners’ Primary Language in t

Someone who can communicate in many languages has mental flexibility, an expansive vocabulary, and m
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4 Ways to Plan for the Success of Newcomer ELLs

To help newly arrived English language learners feel welcome, teachers can represent their cultures
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Using Movement to Help Reduce Students’ Trauma Res

During craft time, an alarming hush overtook the second-grade classroom. A student, usually cheerful
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A Framework for Updating SEL Plans

Social and emotional learning (SEL) is for all kids. Still, we often hear, “SEL isn’t one-size-fits-
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Teaching Climate Change Through Social and Emotion

I saw these sentiments expressed as I clicked through my students’ written responses. In class, we w
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3 career tips from Google Career Certificate gradu

Are New Year’s resolutions made to be broken? Sometimes it feels that way. After all, total transfor
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