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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Protecting Adolescents from the Risks of Social Media: Is a Ban the Solution?

With parents and teachers struggling to monitor how teens interact with social media, the pressure is increasing on governments to act. But is an age ban the best approach?

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.

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?

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.

National Mathematics Day: A Joyful Celebration of Numbers and Numeracy

Every year on December 22nd, India celebrates National Mathematics Day. This day has become an opportunity for schools across the country to spark curiosity, reduce fear, and make math an enjoyable subject for students.

Education News

Engaging Every Learner: How This Free Tool Can Transform Classroom and Home Learning

Random Wheel Spin is a fully customizable wheel of names spinner with additional activities that can be added beneath each name. This tool offers a lightweight but powerful solution to the ever-present problem of student engagement.

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.

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.

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.

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Classroom Perspectives

Finding Hope: How I Taught the Rwandan Genocide

As the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide approached in April 2014, I took it as an opportunity to teach my students about this horrific and tragic event.

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.

Rocking Out with RobenX: Enhancing Student Resilience Through Collaboration

Thanks to a collaboration with musician and anti-bullying advocate RobenX, I discovered many strategies for reaching students in new and lasting ways.

Changing Lives Through Empathy: Showing Forgotten Students Their True Potential

Most people tend to assume that my students are capable of less-than-stellar academic performances because they have complicated lives outside school.

Things I Learned in Teacher’s College

Your time at school will be essential to your teaching life. From my personal experience, I believe the most important part of your teaching program is to do well in your practicum placement.

The First Six Weeks: Laying the Foundation for a Successful Middle School Year

The first six weeks of a new school year are essential. In middle school classrooms, those weeks are not just a warm-up. Rather, they are the foundation on which the entire school year is built.

Teaching Kids About Pride

I started my teaching career at a public middle school in Toronto about two decades ago. At that time, I was not comfortable being personally out to my students.

Stories from the Stage: How Drama Education Shapes Global Citizens

Drama is far more than a performance-based art. It is a dynamic educational tool that improves students’ capacity to understand perspectives far removed from their own.

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.

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Reading Lists

12 Children’s Books to Read for Hanukkah

Light up your Hanukkah celebrations with these festive new books.

10 Mental Health Books to Share with Your Students

These books offer stories and resources about mental health and well-being, while also shining a spotlight on different mental health conditions.

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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Assessment & Evaluation

Revolutionizing Education: How AI Can Empower Teachers in the Classroom

While AI is still an emerging technology, educators and K–12 advocates say it has the potential to make life better for teachers.

Serenity, A Personal Essay on Standardized Testing

“I went into teaching so that I could help children perform well on standardized testing,” said no teacher, ever.

The Power of a Good Question: Prompting Critical Thinking in Students

We ask students questions all day long, but how do we know they are actually helping students learn and, more importantly, getting them to think?

Helping Students Manage Test Anxiety

Both tests and anxiety are, for better or worse, a part of school life. Students may not be able to avoid test anxiety, but they do need to learn how to manage it.

Reinventing Education, Serving Humanity

When thinking about what schools of the future will look like, it’s hard to imagine them without grades, exams, or even subjects.

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.

Paths to Success: Practicing Hope Theory in the Classroom

Throughout the decade I have spent working in education, I’ve seen the most positive impact when I’ve incorporated hope-based strategies into my teaching.

Social-Emotional Learning

Small Steps, Big Impact: Outdoor Immersion with Outside for 5

A strong connection to the outdoors leads to higher levels of social competence, emotional regulation, and behaviour management among kids. 

The Importance of Taking a “PAWS” for Our Students

A wink to our school’s husky mascot, PAWS Time is a highly engaging, weekly enrichment program that allows our students to “pause”: Practice kindness, Always be safe, make Wise choices, and Show respect.

Supporting “Social Stamina” as In-Person Learning Returns

Classroom educators have a unique influence in helping students navigate not just the academic but also the social challenges of post-pandemic education.

Navigating Negativity: Conflict Resolution in the Classroom

Conflict-resolution skills don’t come naturally. They are learned, observed, and practiced. The classroom is a great place to safely work on these skills.

Building a Listening Culture: A Conversation with Christine Miles

In our discussion with educator, author, and keynote speaker Christine Miles, we explore the often-invisible crisis of listening in education.

4 Senior Care Facilities That Support Service-Learning

Enabling students to gain experience caring for those in need can promote their social-emotional development, instilling values such as understanding, empathy, tolerance, and compassion.

The Art of Communication: Interpreting Student Drawings

Teachers are currently under an increasing amount of pressure to interpret their students’ drawings and better understand what can indicate a potential threat.

Helping Students Learn Through Grief

Sometimes, adults assume children are too young to experience grief. But if you’re capable of feeling love, you’re capable of feeling loss.

Calmer Classrooms, One Breath at a Time: How Meditation Can Transform Behavioural Health

As we work to build classrooms that nurture both academic and emotional success, meditation serves as a simple yet powerful tool.

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Indoor Activities

5 Free Exercise Resources to Keep Students Active

Making sure kids get enough exercise during the colder months of the year can be a challenge. Here are some resources to help get them up and moving.

4 Arts and Crafts Workshops for Kids

While the winter season may narrow your field trip options, a visit to an indoor arts and crafts workshop may be a great way for students to release some of their pent-up energy.

Get Students Moving with the Help of These 6 Gymnastics Clubs

Looking for a fun indoor activity to help your students burn off some energy? Look no further than a local gymnastics club!

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 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.

The Art of Communication: Interpreting Student Drawings

Teachers are currently under an increasing amount of pressure to interpret their students’ drawings and better understand what can indicate a potential threat.

5 Virtual Concerts and Music Workshops to Share with Students

These virtual concerts, workshops, and resources are great opportunities to show students all the joys and wonders that music can bring.

From Concepts to Kicks: Bringing Art to Life

As an elementary school art teacher, it is my job to engage my students and get them thinking critically about what and how they create.

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.