Recent data indicates that the average graduation rate for students with disabilities—those served by IDEA—was 67.1%. Overall graduation rates for all students is 84.6%, so this represents a significantly lower rate. This roughly translates to only two of every three students with disabilities graduating with a regular high school diploma and within four years […]
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STEAM Skills in Everyday Life: Examples for the Classroom
Educators often come up against the argument that the skills and concepts they are teaching in class have no real connection to daily life. When it comes to STEAM concepts, there are a million ways to capture the imagination and interest of students who are probably already using them every day. Give your students […]
Teaching Heart Health in PE: Healthy Lifestyle Habits
Students may know that they have a heart and that it’s important to keep it healthy and strong. However, it’s necessary to highlight exactly which lifestyle habits have a long-lasting and positive impact on the health of their heart. Here are activities and discussion points to use while teaching the importance of heart health […]
HyperDocs: Applications for Elementary, Middle, and High School
If you’ve been in education long enough, you have seen the comings and goings of many different initiatives, programs and instructional models. One of the newest, and in my opinion, most exciting instructional tools available now are HyperDocs. Today I’d like to take you on a brief journey backwards in time: your elementary, middle […]
5 Tips for Better Study Habits and Test Prep Skills
Developing time-management, planning and organization skills is essential for learning and retaining vital information. Combining these skills along with the right tools, such as planners, will help your students make positive study choices to successfully complete assignments and prepare for tests. 5 Ways to Get the Most Out of a Study Session Students can […]
The Triple C’s to Guide the Triple P’s
By: Ron Trainum, 2016 National Middle School Physical Education SHAPE America® Teacher of the Year Three words – people, process, and product (I call them the Triple P’s) – are the keys to a successful business, according to multi-millionaire and CEO of Camping World, Good Sam Enterprises, and Gander Mountain, Marcus Lemonis. These are […]
Get Back In the Groove for the New School Year
While summer vacation is still upon us, the new school year will be here before you know it. If you’re feeling a bit anxious about the upcoming fall term, you’re not alone. Here are some ideas to help you get into a back to school mindset. Reflect Ask yourself what you most enjoy about your […]
Fostering Friendships in the Classroom
Making it easy for the students in your class to make friends benefits everyone. From fewer controversies and conflicts in the classroom to better social and educational outcomes, there are many positive reasons for fostering friendships in the classroom. Avoiding negative labeling, making educational game and book choices, and even setting up your classroom […]
Back to School Tips for Students with Special Needs
It’s back to school time and that means looking for great supplies that will not only serve your student’s academic needs but their unique special needs and sensory needs as well. From clothes that are sensory smart to fidgets and chewies to help with attention, keeping your child’s needs in mind can make the difference […]
Preparing Your Students for Testing Season
Even though U.S. standardized tests have existed for a few centuries, educators still feel the pressure each year to have everything in order long before the upcoming testing season arrives. As time inches closer to testing season, here are some ideas about strategies and supplies you can add to your tool chest to prepare for the […]
Media Multitasking and the Student Brain
We cannot solve our current problems by engaging in the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. — Albert Einstein Life in the twenty-first century is complex for all of us. For our students who are immersed in a 24-hour-a-day multimedia environment, balancing the dizzying number of areas vying for their […]
Why Plan?
Obtaining a postsecondary education has become a major goal for most high school students and a nonnegotiable requirement for success in many career pathways. How, then, can educators successfully equip every student to succeed in modern-postsecondary educational settings while also preparing them for a possible seven to nine major career changes during the course […]
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