Middle and Junior High Grades 6-8, typically grades 10-13, however some 14 year olds may be in grade 8 depending upon their birthday or needs.
Sometimes we need to talk about hard things, like grief in the classroom. First-grade teacher Haleigh Bresnan and school psychologist Rebecca Brigner share how to help grieving kids and yourself.
Relationship is still one of the top factors driving student success. Dr. Patricia Dickenson shows how teachers can use AI in the classroom to plan and differentiate without losing the …
Kathy Nimmer, a blind English teacher and 2026 Helen Keller Achievement Award winner, shares how a shattered window changed her first year, how she learned to see her students from …
Productive struggle means letting students wrestle with hard work without letting them drown. Dr. Barbara Blackburn shares when to help, when to hold back, and two strategies to try tomorrow.
New teacher advice from three-time Teacher of the Year Eric Hall: build relationships before rigor, make your first call home a positive one, and take the teaching risks that make …
Frustrated with AI? Dr. Jie Tao of Fairfield University shows teachers how to make AI interview you first, keep it working from your information with a scratch pad, and trade …
Teacher expectations shape what students believe they can do. Edward DeShazer was suspended 30+ times and expelled 3 times. Now he leads a school that went from one star to …
The most-downloaded episode of the first 1,000. Occupational and physical therapist Suzanne Cresswell on why some students physically cannot sit still — and what to do instead of asking them …
Number 3 in the countdown of the ten most-downloaded episodes of the first 1,000. Reading specialist Lisa Hollihan Allen on building stamina in students who have stopped reading.
Kathy Nimmer taught high school English for 29 years, totally blind, and built SEEDS, a program that protects new teachers. She won the 2026 Helen Keller Achievement Award. Vicki and …
