Topic: High School

The goal of The Book Love Foundation is to put books in the hands of teachers of teenagers. We aim instruction toward increasing volume, stamina, and joy in reading in middle and high school.

What is a myth you have encountered about project-based learning and what would you like to replace it with? The biggest myths about project-based learning center around issues of time...

Heinemann is pleased to announce the latest addition to our growing line of audiobooks, Writing Unbound: How Fiction Transforms Student Writers by Thomas Newkirk.

If you're hoping to attend some virtual PD this year to lift your practice—and your spirits—we have many options for you! However, we know that decision fatigue is real and too many choices can be overwhelming.

Is high school math failing students? The way math is taught today hasn’t changed much over the years.

We can prepare our students for academic writing tasks when we invite them to make the kind of writing real writers make.

In today’s episode, Julie is joined by some of her former students who have since entered college.

Clearly, it is time to stop doing what we have always done with our middle and high school students while expecting different results.

The community that is built through creating peer-alumni connections allows for a piece of home to remain with them throughout their college journey.

If you, like me, suffer from bouts of the Blahs, I encourage you to develop your own plan too. To take care of our students, to do our part in ensuring Leticia and other young people like her don’t fall into the Abyss, we must first stay clear of it ourselves.

Last fall, I wrote about the Blahs, a predictable time of year when I struggle with energy, motivation, and self-doubt. A friend pointed out that our students battle their own Blahs as well.

if you have a good readers workshop going in your classroom I give you a hi-five and say keep it up! There are, though, a few caveats that might cause you to consider the whole class novel approach...

it’s a sad but common belief among teachers and students that math manipulatives are a crutch to be outgrown and an intervention to be used only when necessary.

It may seem strange to think about cultivating focus. Although natural abilities can vary, focus can be improved, cultivated, and taught.

Students write for the same reason that Pac-Man munches: to accumulate points. Writers are people, not Pac-Mans.

Research is important throughout the entire writing process, and it can be fun, too. Give it a try in your own writing instruction. Here's how.

Here, Newkirk discusses how he creates space with his students by giving them time to discuss and solve problems more slowly.

When we write, we nudge change. How can we be helping students bring beliefs into writing? Here are some resources to get you started.