A new app called Goya can dramatically reduce the amount of smartphone distractions in the classroom, but parents have to play an active role, its founders say. Goya, an acronym that stands for "Get Off Your Apps," lets parents disable apps on their child's device during specific hours of the day.

A 12-country international study shows just because students grow up with digital devices doesn’t mean they have “sophisticated” skills.

Technology is ubiquitous in the lives of today’s students and has become as essential as reading, writing and arithmetic in preparing them for the future. For middle schoolers, many teachers and districts are turning to digital curriculum to help them master grade-level content and fill learning gaps.

Here's what you need to know about the realities of one of the biggest, most controversial trends in K-12 education, starting with the most difficult questions first.

To foster improvement and responsible accountability, instructional coaches must honor teachers' choices and discretion.

Preschoolers with elevated ScreenQ scores had reduced structural integrity of white matter in brain areas involved with literacy and language, compared with more well-developed white matter among those with lower ScreenQ scores, according to a study in JAMA Pediatrics. Researchers also found a strong connection between higher ScreenQ scores and poorer emerging literacy, expressive language…

Scott Anderson, a high-school math teacher in Wisconsin, gradually scaled back homework until he eliminated it entirely in favor of using every minute of classroom time to teach math skill sets. Anderson said that changing his approach boosted the number of students ready for college-level math from about 30% to nearly 100%.

Integrating podcasting into the classroom can help encourage students to engage with lessons while exploring their passions. Lindsay Johnson, a high-school English teacher in Kentucky, says making a podcast enabled her students to talk about their interests while learning how to ask the right questions and construct a compelling narrative for listeners who might be…

Study finds principal PD program did not move needle for students.

To foster improvement and responsible accountability, instructional coaches must honor teachers' choices and discretion.

Students' writing improves when they have step-by-step guides for writing in different genres as well as for grammar and punctuation, according to an analysis of 14 studies by researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Education, plus researchers in Belgium and the UK. The researchers also found that successful writing instruction thrives in classrooms that…

Why students should have freedom to think like historians.