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8th Grade ELA Teacher Essentials: 11 Top Teaching Tools

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A good classroom management system, a novel list, and a set of writing prompts go a long way to set students and teachers up for success. All you need to add is a classroom full of eager middle schoolers, and you’ve got the best school year ever! Choose a classroom management system 4.

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5 strategies for turning boredom into brilliance

eSchool News

Most educators will recognize the signs: students sleeping during class, students watching the clock, students daydreaming when they should be paying attention.

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5 strategies to reduce teacher stress and improve retention

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Create a school culture that teachers won’t want to leave. Improving teacher retention starts with building a positive and supportive school environment. Research shows that a positive school culture is associated with higher attendance rates and deeper engagement for both students and faculty.

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Turning classroom boredom into student brilliance

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Most educators will recognize the signs: students sleeping during class, students watching the clock, students daydreaming when they should be paying attention.

Students 288
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I’m a Gen Z teacher–schools rely too much on Chromebooks

eSchool News

In his widely discussed 2024 book “The Anxious Generation,” social psychologist Jonathan Haidt details how the cultural shift from a “play-based childhood” to a “phone-based childhood” corresponds to the spike in adolescent mental illness. I wondered how they managed to complete third and fourth grade virtually.

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5 ways PBIS boosts morale and increases learning opportunities

eSchool News

Its exactly how we felt before our team at South Park Middle School went on a PBIS journey that produced results and led us to an opportunity to present at training conferences and spread the word to our fellow educators in Pennsylvania. We know what youre probably thinking right now: Thats great, but how do we get there?

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Lax NYC school cell phone policies put burden on teachers, leave students confused

eSchool News

In the end, unless there is a mandate that comes with funding, personnel, education, and culturally-competent training, the policy is only on paper.” Meanwhile, a Manhattan mom said her middle school is asking the parent association to cover a price tag of more than $18,000 to purchase pouches for their roughly 550 students in the fall.

Teachers 299