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Opportunities in failing: Why K-12 education needs more productive struggle

April 2, 2025 by Samuel M. Baule, U.S. Army & Marian University

Implementing failure in the classroom isn’t about making school harder--it’s about making learning more meaningful via productive struggle.

Throughout my education, I have always been frustrated by busy work--the kind of homework that felt like an obligatory exercise rather than a meaningful learning experience.

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3 ways to engage students in productive struggle

March 20, 2023March 17, 2023 by Danielle Sullivan, National Director of Content and Implementation, Curriculum Associates

In education, a big challenge is how to teach students what do to do when they don’t know what to do--here's where productive struggle shines

What do you do when you don’t know what to do? Think about it for a minute. You are facing a new challenge – whether it be learning…

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How ‘productive struggle’ can lead to deeper learning

September 5, 2014 by By Aoife Dempsey

Students can experience "productive struggle" when given a task slightly beyond their abilities. As educators provide support for tackling a challenging problem through different approaches, they can help…

Opportunities in failing: Why K-12 education needs more productive struggle

3 ways to engage students in productive struggle

How ‘productive struggle’ can lead to deeper learning

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Fighting chronic absenteeism with data-driven insights–and a little fun, too

CoSN State Chapters Grow With Additions of MACE and CoSNE

New Slate of Inspiring and Engaging Standards-Aligned Content Added to Discovery Education Experience for Back-to-School 2025

Frontline Education Announces Chris Collins as New Chief Customer Officer

NoRedInk and the National Writing Project Partner to Inspire the Next Generation of Writers in the Age of Gen AI

Almost 2,000 Schools and Districts Choose Lexia® English Language Development™ to Support Emergent Bilingual Students’ English Language Acquisition

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