Teachers know that expectations matter. They know that having high expectations in a classroom can both support (“I know you can do this”) and spur (“I’m not going to accept your bare minimum effort”) ...

Disruptive classroom behavior or failing to meet reasonable behavioral expectations set forth by instructors have the potential to harm the learning environment for other students and to create unsafe ...

On the first day of classes I, like most teachers, introduce my students to the syllabus and class expectations. I have draconian-seeming rules that students often don’t believe and even many ...

Back-to-school season brings a new wave of students to college campuses each fall, many of them unaware of higher education’s hidden curriculum. Inside Higher Ed compiled some considerations for ...

For teachers, the first weeks of school can feel like a blur, between setting the tone of your classroom and trying to remember a whole set of new names. And when it comes to setting expectations and ...

In the classroom, routines support student learning and build efficiency. The same is true with online and distance learning. At a time when students — and parents — may be feeling a little anxious, ...

(This is the last post in a four-part series. You can see Part One here, Part Two here, and Part Three here.) The new question-of-the-week is: What are your best classroom-management tips? In Part One ...

To provide faculty, instructors, and TA/CA/IAs guidance for supporting productive student interactions while setting healthy / appropriate boundaries. When developing a syllabus, it’s important to ...

We’re halfway through. The excitement of August has faded. Attention is starting to wane. Small disruptions are threatening to turn into bigger ones. This is not a failure of students. It is human ...

Moving a classroom online is no easy task, especially for those who are new to teaching remotely for an extended period of time. Micah Castelo is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K-12. Her experience ...

(This is the third post in a four-part series. You can see Part One here and Part Two here.) In Part Two, Sheldon L. Eakins, Ph.D., Jenny Edwards, April Croy, Lori Jackson, Shauna Tominey, Megan ...