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Parent-teacher conferences during COVID: 10 things to know
Parent-teacher conferences will be different this year. Here’s what to keep in mind as you prepare f…
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Culturally responsive teaching: What you need to know
Culturally responsive teaching helps create learning environments that validate and reflect the dive…
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Special Education and the Coronavirus: Legal FAQs About IEPs
How does the coronavirus impact students with IEPs? Get answers to legal questions about FMLA, remot…
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Practicing self-care during the coronavirus: 5 tips for teachers
Learn five self-care routines for teachers during the coronavirus. Get self-care ideas for teachers …
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Perspectives: Talking With Kids About Racial Injustice
Get perspectives from a child psychologist, teachers, parents, and young adults on talking with kids…
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How to make a teaching goal
Want to improve your teaching practice? Here are four steps to help you set and achieve teaching goa…
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Trauma-Informed Teaching: What You Need to Know
Learn what trauma is and how it affects teaching and learning. Get tips for using trauma-informed te…
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How my students’ strengths have shined
Watch this video to learn how kids are using and developing their strengths as they learn during the…
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Teacher to teacher: Let’s improve how schools and families talk about race
Hear from one educator about how schools can improve their communication with families of color. Lea…
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Understood’s top 5 educator articles of 2020
Five educators share their favorite Understood articles from 2020.
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Dear teachers: You are also essential
Teaching during the coronavirus crisis is far from typical. Read a former teacher’s take on how esse…
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“Trying to Juggle Everything”: Teachers Who Are Parents Offer Advice on School Closures
Watch this video to see how teachers who are parents of school-age kids are coping while school buil…
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A Letter to My Students: Let’s Celebrate Your Growth
Read one teacher's letter to her students to celebrate their growth. Get ideas for how to celebrate …
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Connecting With Students: Teachers Share Their Coronavirus Strategies
Hear from teachers about how they’re staying connected with students during the coronavirus shutdown…
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How I navigate the coronavirus as an educator with anxiety
See how one teacher with anxiety is coping with uncertainty during the coronavirus pandemic. Get tip…
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Coronavirus: Latest updates and tips
Get coronavirus updates related to kids and adults with learning differences or disabilities. Find r…
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Understood Teacher Fellow Juliana Urtubey
Learn about Juliana Urtubey, an Understood Teacher Fellow and National Teacher of the Year finalist.
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Reaching and Teaching All Students With UDL
Learn how Universal Design for Learning (UDL) can help you engage all your students. Read these arti…