PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Boston Public Schools Capstone Project
The (Boston Public Schools) Capstone Project is an opportunity for students to engage in rigorous project-based learning. It is an opportunity for our students to develop skills to be life, career, and college-ready in a culturally...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Kqed Art School
Art School is a KQED web video series that introduces contemporary artists who discuss their careers and intentions, then demonstrate hands-on techniques or concepts. Art School provides resources for learning how to break dance, draw...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Stuck in the Middle: Strategies to Engage Middle Level Learners
Learn about three strategies that can help create a meaningful curriculum to engage middle-level learners. The strategies draw from effective classroom practices across grade levels, as well as from research about the social, emotional,...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Rethinking High School: Five Profiles of Models for Student Success
Only 68% of all students entering high school nationwide will earn their diploma. The news for students from historically underserved populations is even worse. These students have slightly more than a 50% chance of graduating from high...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Math at the Core: Middle School: Collection
Find engaging media and integrated activities, all aligned with the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics. Designed using a culturally and historically responsive approach to engage diverse middle school students through grounding...
Austin Independent School District
Austin Independent School District: Universal Engagement Strategies [Pdf]
Lesson where students are not engaged followed by descriptions of ten engagement strategies including turn and talk, green and red cards, everybody stand up, and more.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Engaging Parents to Support Good School Attendance
Poor school attendance is a strong predictor of school dropout. Children can't learn if they aren't present in school, so attendance is a must. Parents are best positioned to ensure children attend school and to build the expectation...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Engaging Parents to Support Academic Attainment Over Time
Chances for success are improved when adults offer children, starting at a young age, positive expectations and aspirations about what they can do and achieve. Learn ways to help parents support students' long-term success in school,...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Parent Engagement in Transitions to Middle and High School
Using the 3A framework (Attendance, Achievement, and Attainment) for dropout prevention developed by the America's Promise Alliance and the Annie E. Casey Foundation, this article highlights specific knowledge that parents need to...
Literacy Head
Literacyhead: Images to Give Writers Ideas: School
A collection of images of school to use as writing prompts. Students can make text-to-self connections, write creative stories, or just write about how the students in the images might feel.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Re Conceptualizing Extra Help for High School Students
The push to ensure all students engage in challenging classes in high school has created new demands on high schools, including a demand to providing extra help for students who are behind in reading, mathematics, and advanced reasoning...
Other
Expect Respect High School Advisory Lessons
Lesson plans include the topics of a program that engages youth, parents, schools and communities in building healthy teen relationships and preventing dating abuse
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Using Student Engagement to Improve Adolescent Literacy
For struggling adolescent readers, creating student interest is as vital as teaching language skills.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Remediation and Eureka Math / Engage Ny
Khan Academy has partnered with the Louisiana Department of Education to align content to the Eureka Math/EngageNY math curriculum.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: On Grade Support and Eureka Math / Engage Ny
Khan Academy has partnered with the Louisiana Department of Education to align our content to the Eureka Math/EngageNY math curriculum.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Teacher Leaders and Teacher Teams
Leadership preparation begins with early and meaningful opportunities for teachers to lead. The traditional span of control in schools with one principal supervising scores of teachers is outdated and no longer functional. Distributed...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Consistent Supervision and Ongoing Evaluation
Many districts are moving to a model in which skilled principal supervisors engage often with principals in their schools. These regular visits, coupled with evaluation based on rubrics, provide ongoing guidance to improve practice. This...
Other
Up to Ten
This multi-intelligence developmental site categorizes activities into motor skill development, intellectual agility development, and computer literacy development. Large, brightly colored icons and figures light up the screen. Follow...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Workshop 1: Creating a Community of Writers
Workshop 1 explores the components of a community of writers and what teachers can do to create and foster such a community. After a brief introduction to the goals of all eight workshop sessions, middle school teacher and writing expert...
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Confusing Words: Can/may Quiz
Clear up the confusion of troublesome verbs with this interactive Language Arts skill-building site. Students' engage in quizzes that tackle grammar usage and the confusing verbs: can/may.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Confusing Words: Their/there/they're: Who's/whose Quiz
Clear up the confusion of troublesome verbs with this interactive Language Arts skill-building site. Students' engage in quizzes that tackle grammar usage and the confusing verbs: Their/There/They're and Who's/Whose.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Correct Verb for Sentence Quiz
Clear up the confusion of troublesome verbs with this interactive Language Arts skill-building site. Students' engage in quizzes that tackle grammar usage and the confusing verbs. Students' select the correct verb for each sentence. (is,...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Connecting With the Arts: Why Integrate the Arts?
A video workshop for middle school teachers that demonstrates the effect integrating the arts can have on student engagement by addressing different learning styles, promoting creativity, and giving students an alternate means to...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: Collection
This Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood collection emphases social-emotional development and academic success. Research tells us that for children to be successful in school, they must be mentally healthy and they must have good interpersonal...