The Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) at CU Boulder offers free and confidential classroom observations for educators at all levels. Whether you’re a tenured professor, teaching professor, lecturer ...

All classrooms are different and require different teaching strategies to address various concerns, goals, and learning trends. Plus, it takes a dedicated teacher to employ the right teaching ...

Mindy Fattig is a nationally-recognized educator and co-author of Co-Teaching in the Differentiated Classroom with middle school teacher Maureen Tormey Taylor, which was recently published by ...

Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) are simple, low-pressure ways to check how well students are understanding the material. These methods are efficient, student-centered strategies that provide ...

The claim, evidence, reasoning framework is a lot of thinking all at once for middle school students. Here’s a way to break ...

There are no magic bullets out there but there are a number of relatively small “moves” we teachers can make in the classroom that have the potential of generating larger positive impacts. A series ...

Teaching is one of the most rewarding professions, but let’s be honest—it can also feel overwhelming at times. Between crafting lesson plans, creating assessments, and addressing the unique needs of ...

When I first started experimenting with AI in my classroom, I saw the same thing repeatedly from students. They treated it like Google. Ask a question, get an answer, move on. It didn’t take long to ...

Amelia Scholte from Pam Leestma’s 2nd grade class sharing the ISS truss she made proving the triangle shape is the strongest. Photo courtesy of Pam Leestma Editor’s note: Fifty years ago on July 20, ...