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Best Practices in Education - 2025

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Check out our past Education World weekly newsletter articles from 2025 with the latest best practices on What's Working in Education!

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December 2025

The “Gifted Gap”: Why Some Students Never Get Identified

Little Habits That Make Grading Easier and Less Stressful

The Hidden Benefits of Mixed-Age Learning

The Art of Question-Crafting: Teaching Students to Ask Better

Patterns in Nature: Math, Art, and the Fibonacci Sequence

Writer's Workshop: Poetry Scavenger Hunt - Grade 6

Teaching Why Math Matters with Real-World Applications

Engineering on a Budget: Classroom Tower Building Project

Teaching Why Math Matters with Real-World Applications

Building Inquiry-Based Classrooms Without Losing Structure

November 2025

Teaching Better Writing Through the Art of Letters

Helping Students During the Holiday Season

AI-Generated Writing: Should Teachers Embrace or Restrict It?

Supporting Neurodivergent Students Beyond IEPs and 504s

Building Inquiry-Based Classrooms Without Losing Structure

Micro-Lessons: The Rise of Bite-Sized Teaching for Shorter Attention Spans

How Schools Can Better Support Families in Transition

Laughter in Learning: How Humor Builds Better Classroom Control

The “Gifted Gap”: Why Some Students Never Get Identified

October 2025

Giving Teachers Meaningful Choice in Professional Learning

Your Future Self Will Thank You: Start These Habits Now

School Safety in 2025: What Teachers Can Do Without Adding to the Fear

Making Homework Meaningful, Not Mindless

Field Trip Season Starts Now: How to Plan an Impactful Experience

Teaching Students to Talk to Each Other: Conversational Skills as Academic Tools

How School Administrators Can Reduce Teacher Burnout

Four Simple Ways School Leaders Can Increase Teacher Wellness

Empowering Readers: A Quick How-To

The First Home Contact Shouldn't Be About Behavior

September 2025

Student Choice Without the Chaos

How to Hack Teaching Resilience

Finding Balance - Time Management for New Teachers in the First Months of School

Creating 'Early Finisher' Systems That Don't Cause More Work for You

Problems with the Results of a Writing Assignment?

Time Management for New Teachers in the First Months of School

Organizing Student Work for Progress Tracking & Portfolios

The Invisible Student: What to Do When a Quiet Kid is Struggling

Checking In Without Checking Out: Quick Class Emotional Wellness Strategies

August 2025

Time Recording-Great for the Beginning of the School Year!

Math Tales: Once Upon a Word Problem

Probability Playground: Games of Chance!

Revolution Writers: Letters From the Past

Grading Smarter, Not Harder: Sustainable Assessment Strategies for Busy Teachers

Making the Most of Preservice - Five Actions for New Teachers

The 5-Minute Planning Protocol: Streamline Your Week

How to Get the Most Out of Required Summer Curriculum Training

July 2025

Setting Your Vision for the School Year: A Summer Reflection Guide

Reignite Your Why: A Guided Journaling Practice for Teacher Clarity and Purpose

Tide Pool Detectives: Exploring a Tide Pool’s Ecosystem 

Hunting For Meaning: Main Ideas And Their Hidden Clues

Organize Your Digital Life Before Back-to-School Season

Maximize Your Summer PD: What's Worth Your Time (and What's Not)

Number Ninjas: Mastering Place Value One Digit at a Time

The Art of a Restorative Summer: Setting Boundaries Before the School Year Begins

9 Ways for Teachers to Take Full Advantage of Summer Break

Student Behavior: Important Lessons to Remember

June 2025

Bridging the Summer Slide: Simple Prep to Support Student Readiness

How to Refresh Your Curriculum Over the Summer Without Burning Out

Designing the First Week: How to Create a Welcoming Classroom from Day One

Summer Reading for Teachers: Books That Will Transform Your Teaching This Fall

10 Easy Summer Projects to Revamp Your Classroom on a Budget

Summer Decluttering

Bridging The Gap: How What You Know Helps You Understand

Dragon Talks: Exploring How to Train Your Dragon Through Lit Circles

Poetry Passport: Exploring, Writing, and Publishing Our Poems

May 2025

Silent Signals: Non-Verbal Cues That Improve Classroom Management

Teaching with TikTok? How to Use Social Media to Connect with Students

Maximizing Learning in the Last Five Minutes of Class

Celebrating Retiring Teachers

Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Creative Ways to Encourage Active Play and Social Skills

Student-Led Conferences: Giving Kids a Voice in Their Education

Saying No to Superlatives

STEM Challenge – Building Bridges

Ancient Civilization Museum Walk

April 2025

How to Make Testing Easier for Kids

Setting the Tone for a Positive School Day

Rethinking the Curriculum Writing Process in Public Schools

Homework Alternatives That Engage and Motivate Learners

Understanding Satire in Literature

Cell Biology – Create a 3D Cell Model

STEM on a Budget: Low-Cost Experiments That Make Science Come Alive

Earth Day Project – Upcycling Challenge

The Zero Hero: Strategies for Subtracting Across Zeros

Tackling Tardiness: Strategies to Get Students to Class on Time

Making Every Student Feel Seen and Heard

March 2025

Financial Literacy for Future Generations: How Schools Can Lead

Springtime Student Stressors - How to Alleviate Anxiety

5 Ways to Build Trust with Your Students

ReReading is Not Studying: 5 Effective Study Techniques

Why Guided Oral Reading Boosts Comprehension and Confidence

Quick And Effective Strategies to Prep Quizzes Faster

Gravity in Action: How Gravity Affects Us

Why Literacy is the Key to Justice

The Top Must-Teach 21st-Century Short Stories for Your 2025 Classroom

Beyond the Essay: Creative Ways to Assess Student Understanding

Spring Break Bucket List

Layers of the Earth: Science — Grade 1

Say More With Less: Avoiding Redundant Writing

Time for a Change: Making Timelines Memorable

February 2025

Taking Sides: Media Literacy in the Age of Misinformation

Why Bringing Back Career Testing Could be Beneficial

Professional Growth for New Teachers

5 Best Free Museum Tours for History

10 Ways to Help Your High Achieving Students Find Their Passion

Centers: Why are They Important in the ECE Classroom?

Adolescent Literacy is a National Emergency! Now What?

Supporting Neurodiverse Learners in K-12 Settings Without IEPs

Protecting Your Prep Time

Teachers Are Not Mental Health Professionals: Drawing a Line

The Best Background Music During Quiet Work Sessions

10 Must-Have Classroom Items for a New Teacher

STEM for All: Engaging Girls and Underrepresented Groups in Science

Site-based Decision Making (SBDM) For the Hardworking School Administrators

The Role of Community Partners in Education for 2025

Financial Literacy for Future Generations: How Schools Can Lead

Learning Through Maps: How Landforms Impact Culture

Writing Persuasive Letters: Advocating for Change

Weekly News: Create Class Newspapers for Morning Work

January 2025

Little Fixes, Big Changes: Teaching Tweaks that Work

Heroes, Friends, and Villains: “The Wizard of Oz” Book Talk

Reimagining Morning Meetings for 2025

The Mayflower Compact: The Start of Democracy in America

Weather Watch: How Clouds Affect Climate

Energy Flow: Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers

Overcoming the Winter Blues

Cupid’s Matching Game: Pairing Singulars with Their Irregular Plurals

Oops! Four Common Teaching Mistakes (And How to Fix Them)

10 Ways to Get Your Students’ Attention Without Yelling

How to Support Students With Trauma-Informed Practices

Improving Principals' Teacher Evaluation Skills

What Makes Effective Teaching Teams Tick?

A Photosynthesis Worksheet

Teachers Are Not Mental Health Professionals: Drawing a Line

Parts of an Animal Cell Worksheet

The Respiratory System Worksheet

Parts of the Human Brain

Block Counting Worksheet

Body Word Search

Seasons Word Search

US Geography Word Search

Tracing Worksheet

Write Me A Story Writing Worksheet

The Five Senses Worksheet

Dice Addition Worksheet

Self-Portrait Worksheet

An Opinion Writing Worksheet For Young Students

A Movie Review Worksheet

Parts of a Trumpet Worksheet

 

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