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Making High School More Relevant: A Life Skills Approach

The integration of practical, relevant life skills into the curriculum not only improves engagement, but also increases emotional well-being and real-world readiness.

“Why Aren’t We Taught About Investments in School?” Rethinking Financial Education for K–8 Students

I believe it is vital for some form of investment education, along with the other elements of financial literacy, to exist in every school. In every classroom.

New Study Addressing Teacher Departures Probes Causes and Possible Solutions

Many have lamented the growing teacher shortages across our nation, and for good reason. It is estimated that there are currently more than 49,000 vacancies across the U.S.

10 Holiday Light Displays You Won’t Want to Miss

We’ve rounded up the best light displays to chase away those winter blues and help you get into the holiday spirit.

From Crafts to Curriculum: Why Playful Learning Isn’t Just for Kids

Play is widely acknowledged as essential to children’s learning; but does it have a role for the future teachers who are learning to guide those children as well?

Flipping the Script: Using Comics and Creative Play to Boost ESL Confidence

On paper, the students I was teaching had a solid grasp of grammar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. Yet, when it came to speaking, they froze.

5 Ways to Encourage Real Reading in a Digital World

These 5 strategies can help balance screen time and cultivate a lifelong love for reading in students.

Scripted, Not Silenced: Finding Freedom Within the Frame

We don’t have to choose between structure and creativity. The best teaching lives in the in-between, where we follow a script, but we fill it with our stories, our students’ voices, and our classroom rhythms.

Breaking the Rules: How Giving Students More Choice Transformed My Teaching

When I told my fifth-grade class that they were old enough to take charge of their own learning, something unexpected happened.

Is It Time to Redefine Education for Modern Students? An Interview with Ravi Bhushan

How do we prepare students for a world that looks nothing like the one traditional curricula were designed for? Ravi Bhushan, founder of BrightCHAMPS, believes he has part of the answer.

Education News

Newton’s Grove School Student-Led Initiative Supporting the Homeless Launches This December

Through the second annual Bites of Kindness initiative, two sisters are once again taking action to spread kindness and make a meaningful difference in their community.

Kids Write 4 Kids 2025 Contest Now Open for Young Canadian Authors

Ripple Foundation invites students in Grades 4–8 from across Canada to submit their original stories to the annual Kids Write 4 Kids contest, open until March 31, 2026.

AI in Education: Expert Says Guardrails Are the Difference Between Help and Harm

Veteran EdTech leader Peter Kraft says schools need clear rules and protections to make sure AI supports teachers and student growth, not shortcuts.

$1M Grant from the Allstate Foundation Expands NASSP Youth Service and Leadership Initiatives

The partnership empowers student councils and national honor societies to make a greater impact in their communities.

“The Wounded Line”: An Accessible and Inspiring Guide to Writing Poems About Trauma

I’ve seen how many of my students want to write about their traumas in poems. And I’ve also seen how difficult this process can be for them. That’s why I decided to write “The Wounded Line.”

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Classroom Perspectives

Alumni Success Stories: Inspiring Hope During the Opioid Crisis

I am a teacher in southern West Virginia, a region defined by stereotypes and hit hard by America’s opioid epidemic.

Crazy COVID Chronicles: Reflecting on a Year of Pandemic Teaching

The height of the pandemic brought many moments of upheaval and uncertainty, but amidst the tensions, there were also moments of laughter.

Key Lessons We Can Learn from High School Musicals

Musicals form an important part of the arts, serving as powerful resources for student learning, engagement, and motivation.

The Missing Link: Addressing Boys’ Disengagement from Education

To help boys succeed in school they need to feel connected.

The Classroom Economy: Teaching Fourth Graders About Inflation

Over the years, I’ve found one of the best ways to help kids understand how an economy works is to have them take an active role in managing their own money.

Reframing Student Data for Growth

A growth mindset is the belief that abilities grow through effort and persistence. This mindset shapes how we view data.

Social Dynamics and Black Culture: How to Effectively Reach and Teach Black Students

In my role as a Black counselor in an educational setting, I am tasked with the unspoken responsibility of “handling” Black children.

Éy Swáyel! Welcoming Indigenous Pedagogy as a Canadian Educator 

As an educator in Canada, whose homeland has been inhabited by Indigenous peoples long before me, I have the opportunity and responsibility to teach this history to my students.

How to Show Students You Respect Them

You see, here’s the thing that some of us – teachers and parents alike – don’t really take time to stop and think about: kids’ feelings have value too. And they all have their own needs and wants at any given time.

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Reading Lists

12 Children’s Books to Read for Hanukkah

Light up your Hanukkah celebrations with these festive new books.

8 STEM Books About Real-Life Inventors

These suggested reads about inventors may spark your students’ interest in all things building, tinkering, and creating.

15 Winter Holiday Books for Kids

Celebrate diversity and multiculturalism during the winter season by sharing these 15 holiday books with students.

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Computer Science

Keeping It Old School: The Retro Arcade Project

I wanted to design a new project that could be about classes working together, communicating, and listening to each other.

Addressing Cybersecurity in the Classroom

Password management can be a daunting classroom challenge for K–12 educators. Here we’ll take a deep dive into some of the more effective solutions for getting kids logged in.

Fear Not the Robot: Inspiring Innovation and Creativity with Robotics

Robots aren’t just hobbies for students tinkering in basements or garages anymore. Many schools start robotics classes after seeing how popular the clubs are.

The Future of STEM: Changing Perceptions

If you ask a kid to draw a scientist, most of them will come up with the same image: an elderly man wearing a lab coat and holding a microscope. It’s a stereotype we all know well.

Coding for Kids: Why Learning to Code is the New Essential Skill in Digital Education

There’s a greater push to teach kids computer coding at school. But you don’t need to be a technology whiz to introduce it to your students.

On the Frontlines: How Teachers Can Help Defend Against Ransomware

With K–12 schools increasingly being targeted by cyber criminals, there are steps classroom teachers can take to help their schools avoid falling prey to ransomware.

The Positive Impacts of Computer Science: What Every Teacher and Administrator Should Know

After working as both a teacher and an administrator, I know how much of a difference it can make when school leaders truly appreciate the power of computer science.

Human Rights Month

The Language of Empowerment: Engaging ELL Students with the Charter

By engaging critically with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, newcomer students develop more than just a broader vocabulary or sharper analysis skills.

A Look at the Right to Peaceful Assembly and the Freedom Convoy Protest

At present, there are widespread misunderstandings of how the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms works.

Thinking Like a Teen: Teaching the Charter to Grade 9 Students

In my experience with teaching the Charter, a great way to connect the priorities of fifteen-year-olds with the values of this significant document is by thinking like a teen.

Human Rights: Canada’s Successes Shouldn’t Overshadow Its Failures

Many of us likely take basic universal human rights for granted. Yet in a legal sense, human rights have existed for less than 75 years.

Making Rights Real: Teaching the UNCRC

"What do you mean, we have rights as minors?” Thirty pairs of quizzical eyes met mine. Brows furrowed in confusion. “Aren’t rights made by adults, for adults?”

A Lesson on Empathy: Refugees and the UN Rights of a Child

During our staff meeting that afternoon, my colleagues and I learned our school had six new students who were Syrian refugees.

One Small Step: Women’s Rights and the Citizenship Act

The issue of gender equality in Canada isn’t new. Women have been fighting for their rights since well before Canada was a country.

Making Space for Justice: The Realities of “Universal” Human Rights

Is the Charter of Rights and Freedoms truly universal in the human rights it promises to protect?

Saving the Future: Climate Action and the Rights of Nature

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the basic rights to democratic and free life, but what about the right to nature?

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Field Trips

10 Children’s Museum Field Trips for In-Person and Online Learning

Children’s museums can be excellent environments to foster creativity and curiosity through hands-on, multi-sensory environments.

7 Immersive Art Adventures for Kids

Art education works best when it’s interactive, engaging, and yes, even a little messy.

10 Ski Resorts Offering Field Trips This Winter

Alpine sports are a popular activity in the winter and many ski resorts offer Snow Schools or organized field trips.

The Arts

Crafting Connections: A Teacher’s Heartfelt Gift

I am a primary school teacher from East Oxford, and last year I crocheted a “mini-me” of each child in my class as an end-of-year gift.

Why Teachers Should Learn the Two-Step: Boosting Creativity and Connection with Dance

For students who can’t communicate very well in traditional ways—through written tests, essays, and exercises—dance is one way for them to share feelings.

7 Immersive Art Adventures for Kids

Art education works best when it’s interactive, engaging, and yes, even a little messy.

7 Apps to Foster Student Creativity

Help your students dust off their thinking caps with these apps that are designed to inspire imagination and spark creativity.

Engaging Autistic Students with the Arts

Ask any educator who has welcomed multiple learners with autism into his or her classroom, and you will find there is no set formula for ensuring academic success.

Teaching Art History Online: A Visual Journey in the Digital Age

Teaching art history in an entirely online environment has brought a new set of challenges and opportunities that I’ve come to embrace with enthusiasm.

Using Art as Activism: Change Beyond School Borders

Not only do visual arts classes make space in a student’s day for creativity, they can also offer a chance to focus on something bigger.