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Evidence-Based Strategies for ELA Success

Welcome to the EB Academics Blog, where our mission is to support and serve Middle School ELA teachers with engaging and rigorous lesson ideas backed by educational research. Each post offers practical strategies designed to increase student learning outcomes while helping you find joy and sustainability in your teaching practice. Our evidence-based approach ensures you can implement these techniques with confidence.

How to Cut Your Planning Time in Half Without Cutting Corners

Do you ever spend hours "planning," only to realize most of that time was spent searching for ideas instead of actually creating lessons?

In this epi...

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Two Things to Do This Summer That Will Change Your Entire School Year

What if just two planning decisions this summer could completely change how your school year feels?

In this episode, Caitlin shares the foundation of...

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The Real Reason You're Staying Late at School Every Day

Do you regularly find yourself leaving school long after everyone else has gone home?

It’s easy to blame an endless to-do list, but what if that's no...

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It's Not About How Much Time You Have — It's About What You Do With It

Do you constantly feel like there's never enough time to teach everything you need to cover?

Whether you teach 45-minute periods, 90-minute block sch...

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You Didn't Become a Teacher to Feel Like This — Here's How to Get Back to Loving It

If you've ever found yourself staring at unfinished lesson plans late at night, wondering how you'll make it through another week, this episode is for...

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The Real Reason Your Students Aren't Retaining What You Teach (And How a Simple Framework Fixes It)

Have you ever finished a unit, felt confident your students understood the material, and then realized a few months later they seemed to have forgotte...

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Stop Planning Week to Week — There's a Better Way and It Changes Everything

What if the reason you're constantly feeling behind isn't because you have too much to teach?

What if it's because you're planning one week at a time...

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Why You're Always Running Out of Time (And It's Not Because Your Class Period Is Too Short)

Do you constantly feel like there just aren’t enough minutes in your class period?

You’re not alone.

One of the most common frustrations we hear fro...

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What We Would Have Done Differently This Year — And What We're Keeping for Next Year

As the school year comes to a close, reflection starts kicking in. You know those moments where you think, “I am definitely changing that next year…” ...

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