Principals have a lot on their plates. According to recent research, the job's challenges have led to an 18% average turnover rate in public schools. Yet, many leaders have found workable solutions to juggle the responsibilities. Principals on Twitter shared their tips and tricks for staying cool under - well, you know the rest.

Research shows the benefits of phonics lessons in early-literacy instruction, but data shows that teacher training programs may be offering mixed messages about best practices. An Education Week survey of about 530 early-reading professors finds that 22% focused on explicit, systemic phonics, while 57% teach a more balanced literacy philosophy.

Legos, toothpicks and toy cars are key to teaching science and math early.

Erin Maier, a reading interventionist at Pasadena Park Elementary School, noticed that struggling readers often benefit from audiobooks, especially if they follow along with a printed version of the same book. Maier secured a grant for her school that will pay for as many as 120 Playaway audiobooks, making it easier for struggling readers to…

A decline in knowledge could be reversed with new approaches to vocabulary instruction.

It's possible to incorporate coding and programming into core subject areas--here's how to get started.

Caring for a garden can be incorporated into lessons for most subjects, providing opportunities for science experiments, art projects and social-emotional learning, among other things.

Games can help all students develop skills such as adaptability and collaboration, writes Benjamin Leskovansky, Insight Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School's IT instructor. In this commentary, Leskovansky writes that "gamification" - or game-based learning - helped his computer science career and shares how games can be applied to almost any topic.

The benefits of reading aloud aren’t limited to elementary students. One middle school teacher explains how “read-alongs” improve comprehension and boost engagement.

Focusing less on the slides and more on student discussion fosters deeper engagement.

The role of the principal has often been compared to "drinking from a fire hose," "wearing many hats," or "putting out fires." While those characteristics may be true at times, William L. Sterrett and Sabrina Hill-Black argue that principals are uniquely poised to nourish a learning climate by enabling innovation, collaboration, and growth.

Schools are turning nurses' offices into telehealth centers to give students instant access to medical providers for issues that can be addressed remotely, such as colds and infections. In cases concerning more chronic and serious problems, telehealth technology allows schools to connect students with specialists.