Students can continue their learning while traveling for vacation, according to Florence Monique Boulard, associate dean at James Cook University. In this commentary, she writes that traveling can help expose students to other cultures and new experiences and suggests several ways to make sure the trips are educational.

There are six strategies that can help educators support better behavior among students, according to a report from the Education Endowment Foundation. Among them are to know and understand students -- and their influences -- and adopt classroom management practices that support good behavior.

Students who practice yoga can experience benefits including improved flexibility and balance, plus reduced anxiety and better academic performance, writes Brianna Randall. Randall references an MIT study that found that sixth-grade students who participated in an eight-week mindfulness program demonstrated less stress and fewer negative emotions at its conclusion.

Task-oriented pedagogy leaves little room for deep thinking, but metacognition strategies change that. Take these steps to shift the learning culture away from compliance and toward open-ended contemplation.

Students who get regular, recommended amounts of sleep, have better academic outcomes, with sleep factoring into about one-fourth of the difference among students' grades, according to a study by researchers at MIT. The researchers found that consistency of sleep as much as a month before an exam was a major indicator.

A new book, The Joy of Movement, offers more motivation to exercise. It's not just about getting fit or looking good: Exercise can give you courage, pleasure and better friendships.

This article highlights five K-12 education trends to watch for in 2020. They include additional changes in assessments and balancing student safety with their privacy.

An early life full of neglect, deprivation and adversity leads to people growing up with smaller brains, a study suggests.

Two recent studies from EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research find that a majority of college students and faculty prefer learning that is mostly or completely face-to-face - rather than online. Most, however, indicated they were in favor of some sort of blended approach, in which learning takes place in person and online.

According to research, nurturing prosocial behaviors may improve academic outcomes—both classroom grades and test scores.

A change in a prompt can influence how a student responds thinks. A study found that using a problem-based curriculum can help students develop their own hypotheses and take risks — all signs of deeper-level learning.

Lual Mayen grew up in a camp in Uganda. Now he's the award-winning CEO of a game development company in Washington, D.C., that has just released 'Salaam' — a game about refugees and peace.