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BetterLesson provides personalized, job-embedded, ongoing support for educators to help create classrooms where students drive their own learning, exercise choice and ownership, and develop the personal agency they need to succeed. With our sustainable, learn-by-doing support for educators and leaders, small group workshops, and a user-friendly platform, we provide research-based, time-tested instructional strategies that help teachers and coaches communicate, set goals, and track their progress.

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BetterLesson June 19, 2020

Juneteenth: Unlearning an Incomplete History of the United States

We must teach about holidays like Juneteenth to reconcile erasure in American history and give every student the chance to see themselves reflected in their education....
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BetterLesson April 30, 2020

Distance Learning: 3 Strategies to Spark Student Engagement

When teaching from home, many educators miss their buzzing classrooms where students present, share feedback, & ask deep questions. Here are 3 strategies to foster engagement while distance learning....
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Teacher reading to young students.
BetterLesson April 28, 2020

Distance Learning: 3 Strategies to Build a Positive Classroom Culture

Here are three distance learning strategies to help you reach your social-emotional learning (SEL) goals and build positive classroom culture virtually....
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Teacher reading to young students.
BetterLesson February 4, 2020

Meeting the Needs of All Learners: A New Learning Domain

You have a wide variety of students, all of whom you care about and want to succeed. Learn how to support all of their diverse needs in our new Learning Domain: Meeting the Needs of All Learners....
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BetterLesson November 8, 2019

Master Teacher Stem Lesson Plans for National STEM Day

In honor of National STEM Day, we're bringing you lesson plans from three STEM Master Teachers. Check them out!...
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Students with equitable supports.
BetterLesson November 5, 2019

Leading Equity Work in Your District

Drive equitable outcomes for all students in any district, based on findings from the Council of Great City Schools conference. ...
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BetterLesson September 17, 2019

Unpacking Student-Centered Instruction for Literacy

Discover how Master Teachers tackle student-centered literacy challenges in their classrooms....
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BetterLesson September 12, 2019

Top 5 Instructional Strategies for Student-Centered Teaching and Learning

Highly-effective instructional strategies used by educators across the country to create student-centered learning environments...
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BetterLesson May 9, 2019

100 Literacy Teaching Strategies Developed with Newsela

Learn about our Newsela Master Teacher project featuring literacy-specific content across all grades and subject areas....
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