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Grade Smarter, Not Harder
Don't get buried by grading! Here is some guidance to ensure your grading policy reflects student learning.
Help Students Become Independent
Student independence - at all grades levels - can help them become more self-directed learners. Here's how you can support that development.
Grading, Sharing the Model, & Measuring Impact
Our free online course for educators is constantly evolving and improving. We want to ensure you have the professional development tools you need.
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Our free online course is now available in three languages.
Destigmatizing failure
As more schools use mastery-based learning and grading, teachers are grappling with reframing and normalizing failure as part of the learning process.
Defining Your First Principles
What defines your approach to education? Start by answering this question, and the rest will follow!
Make your Modern Classroom manageable
Be effective and efficient with these 3 concrete tips.
Will all your hard work pay off?
A self-paced classroom can often be a lot of work at the outset. But it's worth it. Here's why.
Modern Classrooms for Advanced Learners
Differentiating for students that are ahead of pace.
What would real teacher appreciation mean?
What does real teacher appreciation look like? Modern Classroom Educator Khallid Love explores this in a recent article.
Help Your Students Help You
Peer mentorship is a valuable way to help students learn from one another, to learn about themselves, and to grow.
3 Strategies for Effective Classroom Organization
Are you wondering how to set up your classroom to facilitate blended, self-paced, mastery-based learning?
Why Modern Classrooms Project exists
The Modern Classrooms Project, the brain-child of two former educators, exists to empower educators and improve student learning.
How Modern Classroom Teachers Grade
How does grading work in a Modern Classroom? Modern Classrooms teachers do this in different ways. We share two common approaches.
Why Video Planning is Good Planning
Planning your instructional videos can reduce the overall amount of work you need to do.
Three Innovative Ways to Use Instructional Videos
Instructional videos can serve many purposes in the self-paced classroom. Read on to learn the innovative ways these videos can be used.
The Famous "One Take" Rule, Explained
Recording instructional videos in one take - decoded!