In the middle schools where I have taught, differentiated instruction is understood in multiple ways. The veteran educators tend to call it a “new name for the same old things.” Teachers in the middle ...

This week’s question comes from an educator who wishes to remain anonymous: Differentiating for students, as I understand it, entails meeting students at their levels, but the end goal is to ensure ...

Differentiated instruction is an approach to teaching and learning that provides challenging and engaging instructional experiences to all students. Educators in differentiated classrooms use student ...

"There may be some exceptions for schools that are able to spin-up robust online programs, but if your school isn’t already in this game, they’ve lost.” John Warner, Here Comes the Discounting Death ...

Linda J. Graham receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC) and the Financial Markets Foundation for Children. She is the Editor of the Australian Educational Research and a member of ...

When we facilitate professional development events, there’s often a common theme: teachers understand the importance of active STEM teaching and learning, but don’t always know how to implement it in ...

“The wide range of differences found among children when they first enter school is sufficient to tax the skill of the most capable teacher.” While teaching fifth grade, I had one student who was ...

The hippocampus is believed to reduce memory interference by disambiguating neural representations of similar events. However, there is limited empirical evidence linking representational overlap in ...

Everyone has a different style of learning. Some people do well with reading the written word. Others learn better through audio. For some, sitting in a quiet library or home office space is key. For ...