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JANUARY 15, 2020 Credit: George Lucas Educational Foundation 3 Alternatives to Reading Logs Teacher-tested ideas to keep reading homework from feeling like a chore. Credit: Marmaduke St. John / Alamy Stock Photo How to Lead Students to Engage in Higher Order Thinking Asking students a series of essential questions at the start of a course signals that deep engagement is a requirement. Credit: Ben Giles Want Mastery? Let Students Find Their Own Way Prominent scholars say that to drive deeper learning, students need to become accustomed to confusion—and develop the persistence to find their own answers. Credit: Michael Morgenstern / theiSpot Key Strategies for Reducing Friction Over Student Discipline Principals and teachers must work hard at alignment when it comes to the difficult—and evolving—question of student discipline. Credit: Bob Daemmrich / Alamy Stock Photo Helping Students Track Their Learning A strategy that uses Google Forms and Sheets can guide students to accurately assess what they learn in the course of a unit. Don't Miss Identifying and Supporting Students With Dyspraxia Why Inclusion Matters on the Playground 4 Tips for Principals From a Parent Who Knows the Job Understanding Trauma-Informed Education 8 Research-Backed Ways to Aid Struggling Emergent Readers