Student Voice

Not all students feel comfortable participating verbally in class discussions, and these tools invite everyone to contribute.

These intentional response strategies create entry points for students who may feel reticent to share in class discussions.

Fostering leadership skills across the school is a way to forge a strong community. See how one award-winning principal makes this happen.

Providing the active listeners in the outer ring of a Socratic circle a way to jump in with their burning questions and comments keeps all students engaged.

Openers matter and set the tone for the lesson that follows. Here’s how to start strong when you need to.

Teachers can take a step back and create lessons that put student explorations at the center of learning.

With thoughtful guidance from their advisers, young journalists can learn how to proceed when writing about sensitive topics.

Building a tradition where high school seniors share a personal narrative has helped this school community honor each and every student experience.

Many teachers find it difficult to gauge how well students understand a lesson in an online classroom. A technique common among award-winning online instructors should help.

Personal storytelling is a hallmark of culturally responsive pedagogy, and having students tell their stories through movies makes it all the more dynamic.

Visual note-taking allows information to be processed by the brain in three different ways.

There’s a powerful academic impact, new research reveals, when students are voracious, voluntary readers.

Expressing gratitude has a lot of benefits for students, and teachers can give them the freedom to express it in different ways to promote student choice.