All of the biological systems in our body — immune, neuroendocrine, metabolic, and cardiovascular — are connected to the brain. To better understand how they work, especially under stress, Professor Jack Shonkoff, director of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard, says to picture a team of highly skilled athletes.

With some guidance, all students—whether outgoing or reserved—can effectively take part in class discussions.

A school leader coach found that working virtually is more efficient and productive for both coaches and principals.

School librarians must excel at research, teaching, technology, digital and information literacy, and library design to lead today’s school libraries.

As the new school year gets into full swing, educators are likely to shift their focus from worrying about the depth of learning loss for students as a group, and begin zeroing in on where individual students are at. Nevertheless, looking at the differences in learning lost between two different groups of students, one from…

As a researcher who studies teacher reform initiatives around the world, I have seen very few reforms do what they were designed to do, which is to improve the quality of teachers’ work and their professional standing, writes Gerald K. LeTendre, Professor of Educational Administration, Penn State.

School leaders need to support staff and acknowledge that their teachers might still be in survival mode. Stephanie Burroughs shares the three things leaders should be thinking about as they continue their work this year on the ASCD blog.

We’ve heard quite a lot about “learning loss” or “learning recovery” over the last year and a half. Since COVID-19’s disruption, researchers, policymakers, and education leaders have been trying to take stock of just how much learning students missed since March 2020.

Better nutrition improves mental well-being among older secondary-school students, according to a UK-based study affiliated with the Norwich Medical School and published in the BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health journal. Researchers found that five or more servings of fruits and vegetables had the greatest impact.

Mange elever med dysleksi har problemer i matematik, derfor skal læreren have værktøjer, der skaber muligheder for ordblindes faglige udvikling, siger Morten Kristen Rygner.

Børn, der får medicinsk behandling for deres ADHD, har mindre risiko for at begå selvmord end børn, der ikke får ADHD-medicin. Det viser et amerikansk studie blandt 11.878 børn, skriver Medicinsk Tidsskrift. Det kan påvirke forældre til at vælge at lade deres børn med ADHD medicinere, mener forskerne.

Carsten Elbros bog henvender sig især til alle, der beskæftiger sig med ordblindes og andres læsevanskeligheder. Andenudgaven er forbedret og opdateret, men formålet er det samme som med førsteudgaven: at formidle den nyeste forskning om ordblindes vanskeligheder.