Lesson Planning Inspiration: Part 1
Back to school is back in full force! It’s both overwhelming and exciting to start a new school year as you meet new students and plan out the year ahead. That’s why we’ve pulled lots…
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Ever Wondered What It Would Be Like to Learn to Read Again?
For most of us, the experience of learning to read is a distant, fading memory. It’s hard to put ourselves back in the shoes of young students as they painstakingly sound out words. Whether you…
Guest Blog: The Missing Ingredient in Education
Today, we’re bringing you a guest post by Ian Moore, an Educational Sales Consultant with IXL. In this post, he explains what a growth mindset is and shares his insights and expertise on how to…
Algebra for All—With Help from IXL
Algebra teacher Tammy Rhymer has high expectations for her students. “You don’t get a pass just for attending in my room,” she says. But how do you teach algebra to every student when many of…
Linking School and Home Learning with IXL
Quincy Vander Molen, a high school math teacher and department head at River Homelink School, needed a solution that would help her highly independent students build mastery and fluency at home—and help her monitor their…
How to Use IXL to Support Diverse Learners
As every administrator knows, no class is alike, and even more, no two students are identical. While balancing the needs of different students is enough of a challenge in itself, what are you to do…
How to Challenge Every Student with IXL
How do you meet the needs of every student when skill levels range from kindergarten to high school in a single class? Katrina Musco, a 6th grade teacher in San Jose, Calif., uses IXL Math…
Drowning in Data? The Characteristics of Effective Classroom Data
It seems the age of big data is finally here, both in our daily lives and in the classroom. The volume of data has exploded in recent years, but more data doesn’t always mean more…
Strategies to Prep for Spring Testing
Spring testing season can be a stressful time—for both students and teachers! But if you start planning now, you can have a roadmap to keeping your entire school or district motivated and prepared for the…
How IXL Can Save You Time with the EngageNY Curriculum
Do you use EngageNY math in your classroom? Are you struggling to complete all the necessary lesson components during your instructional time? We’ve enlisted the help of IXL Training Specialist Lauri Susi to break down…
How to Implement IXL with an RTI/MTSS Model
We’re back with another entry in our Administrator Blog Series! If you haven’t yet, make sure to check out last week’s post on word problems and the math fluency gap. This week, we’re talking about…
