Effective instruction creates engaging and differentiated learning experiences that cater to the diverse needs of students. This Spotlight will help you identify how connecting tutoring to curriculum can improve instruction; review new research on how to give effective feedback to students; assess ways to get students engaged; uncover quick methods for teachers to encourage students to listen to one another; and more. Articles in this Spotlight include: (1) Why Connecting Tutoring To Curriculum Could Make It More Effective (Sarah Schwartz); (2) Teachers Are Frustrated by Schools' Scattershot Approach to Instruction (Sarah Schwartz); (3) Here's How to Give Feedback That Students Will Actually Use (Sarah D. Sparks); (4) 3 Ways to Get Students Engaged in Their Learning (Williamena Kwapo); (5) Quick Ways Teachers Can Encourage Students to Listen to Each Other (Sarah D. Sparks); (6) Education Reform Hasn't Failed... Yet. 3 Overlooked Instructional Strategies (Mike Schmoker); and (7) Student Engagement Can Be Elusive. Here's How to Help (Larry Ferlazzo). [This Spotlight is sponsored by Nearpod.]