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Celebrating Growth: Meaningful Ways To Reflect On Student Progress
Discover innovative and impactful strategies to honor student achievements and foster a culture of reflection and growth in K–12 classrooms.
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AP Science: Designing Labs That Mirror AP Exam Free-Response Tasks
One of the biggest challenges AP Science teachers face is helping students transfer lab skills to AP Exam free-response questions (FRQs). Students...
Engaging Review Activities Middle School Students Actually Enjoy Before Winter Break
The days leading up to winter break can feel like a countdown clock ticking louder by the minute. Attention spans shrink, energy levels spike, and...
5 Sentence Structures Every AP Lang Writer Must Master
Strong ideas matter in AP Language and Composition—but how students package those ideas often determines how clearly and persuasively they come...
Turning the Progressive Era into a Battleground: The Four-Corner Debate in AP U.S. History
Period 7 in the AP U.S. History curriculum is one of the most extensive, spanning from 1890 to 1945. This era begins with debates over imperialism...
How To Reinforce Standards Without Adding to Your Plate at the End of the Year
As the end of the school year approaches, teachers are often pulled in a dozen directions at once—testing schedules, grades, events, and the...
Turn Data Into Stories—Teaching AP Statistics Through Real-World Scenarios
AP Statistics can feel abstract for students—formulas, distributions, and probability rules can easily become a maze of procedures. But when data is...
Close Reading Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated—10-Minute Strategies for Busy Weeks
When the calendar gets crowded with winter concerts, makeup quizzes, assemblies, and general mid-year chaos, the idea of doing a full close-reading...
AP English at the Middle of Year: Where are you at? Where are you going?
“The December spiral … prevents us from seeing the slow, meaningful gains our students are actually making.”
The Mid-Year Reset: How AP Social Studies Teachers Can Re-Energize Students Before Exam Prep Begins
The middle of the school year is a unique crossroads for AP Social Studies teachers. The initial enthusiasm of fall has faded, the intensity of...