Teaching Unscripted

4 reasons to teach students about AI: Young people are asking for adults’ help in understanding AI and navigating trust; they need to understand it impacts the environment; and how they can benefit from AI right now.

Teaching math well requires more than content knowledge. It takes confidence, clarity, and a structure that supports growth—for teachers as well as for students.

Explore phonemic awareness as a key component of a comprehensive approach to literacy instruction. Learn what it is, why it matters, research insights, classroom strategies, and resources to support effective teaching.

List of 9 teaching books publishing in 2026! Subjects include SEL, AI, advice & observations, math, multilingual learning, classroom design, leadership, LGBTQ+ students, and inclusive math.

When students learn to articulate their thinking, they deepen understanding and strengthen problem-solving skills.

Classrooms are places where teachers can develop strong communities to help teach students the skills they need to be kind, self-aware individuals who can work with others to have a positive impact both within the school community and outside of it.

Using Multiple Strategies, such as modeling, engaging in discussions, and viewing and creating visual representations to teach mathematics, ensures that students have a deep understanding of math, rather than a shallow or incorrect notion.

When students use AI, center their inquiry, research skills, evaluative mind, and creative abilities to shape, fact-check and give feedback to the work AI is doing.

To connect reading and writing skills, make the connection between encoding and decoding; explore deeper meaning through themes; say it with punctuation; interpret punctuation cues; and study the art of word choice.

How can we help students build conceptual understanding and discover the “why” behind math?

Lead with empathy by practicing active listening, recognizing and validating every student experience, affirming student feelings, and helping students optimally process academic experiences.

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How do literacy standards align with technology? Read some general expectations for literacy instruction and technology.

When provided with opportunities to practice, apply, and discuss mathematical concepts, students can develop deep conceptual understanding and grow into effective mathematical communicators in the math classroom and beyond.

Do The Math lessons are designed to help students reason, model, and communicate their ideas while building confidence and independence.

Points-Based grading is problematic as it rewards compliance over learning; it asks us to measure the immeasurable; and the grading system suggests objectivity, but is not objective.

Heinemann today announced that Saxon Reading Foundations Texas has been approved by the Texas State Board of Education for ELA adoption in K-2 classrooms across the state.

Instructional coaches serve as partners, working alongside teachers to implement practical strategies and translate research into classroom-ready practices.