Teachers ask an average of 400 questions a day, or 70,000 a year, according to The Guardian. While many of these questions are generated on the fly, asking effective questions by using questioning techniques (QTs) like those described in this article prompts deeper answers and engages students in a wide range of critical thinking tasks.

Here are a some great suggestions for how to make Back-to-School night a hit for you and your students’ parents.

Looking for class rewards that won’t break the bank and aren’t food based? Check out these 20 ideas from Catherine Reed, a classroom teacher in Kentucky who shares the favorites of her class.

Here you can read brief reviews of the following five books on parenting: 1) The Myth of the A.D.H.D. Child by Thomas Armstrong 2) Gentle Discipline by Sarah Rockwell-Smith, 3) Ignore It by Catherine Perlman, 4) How Do I Explain This to My Kids by Sarah Swong and Diane Wachtell, and 5) The Grown-Ups Guide to Teenage Humans by Josh Shipp.

As a nonprofit organization, you likely use email marketing to stay in touch with constituents and encourage them to stay involved with your cause. Landing pagescan support and boost those efforts by spurring visitors to take action. Because a landing page is such a versatile tool, it can be adapted and optimized to fit your goals. Here are four ways that landing pages can be used for social good.

People love to read lists. Especially lists of “tips” that can help an individual accelerate their understanding of a given topic. Daniel E. Bauer thought it would be a great challenge to write an exhaustive list of tips for principals. School leaders will certainly find value in this list which is broken down into different segments and includes a few sentences describing each of the tips for principals.

Here’s the most important question for a school leader to ask as a new year starts: “How can I cultivate emotional resilience in teachers?” Resilience is about not just surviving but thriving in life. And school leaders should be committed to creating the conditions in which teachers can thrive. It requires resilience for teachers to remain dedicated to growing their practice, cultivating warm and inviting classrooms, and volunteering to support and guide new teachers. Read more . . .