A hands-on approach to learning is one of the best ways to reverse declining confidence in middle-schoolers.

Neuroscience can suggest ways to keep students working toward their learning goals after their initial excitement wears off.

Teachers and parents have several ways to nurture literacy and lifelong reading among youths, even in today's digital culture of screens and smartphones, Liana Gamber-Thompson writes. Gamber-Thompson outlines seven tips, including modeling reading behavior and joining them in reading content they enjoy, such as graphic novels.

It's not uncommon for kids and adults to have a negative experience learning math. Learning about how the brain works and unpacking some stereotypes can help learners reframe the narrative they tell themselves about math.

Jeffrey Grossman set out to study how exercise affects college students’ grades. What he found, instead, offers uniquely specific insight into the impact sleep has on academic performance.

Failure is part of the learning process, for students and educators, writes Paul Freeman, superintendent at Guilford Public Schools in Connecticut.

A three-step plan for using surveys to gauge students’ interests as a basis for forming small reading discussion groups.

Google has unveiled "transformation reports" to give educators data on how often various Google offerings are actually used and for which specific tasks. This is important because a study last year by BrightBytes found the majority of software licenses purchased by schools went unused and another study by LearnTrials revealed just 9% of education-technology tools…

Join Myron Dueck, author of the ASCD best-selling book, "Grading Smarter, Not Harder: Assessment Strategies That Motivate Kids and Help Them Learn," for a thought-provoking webinar from the ASCD archive that will inspire you to look at how you might improve your grading and assessment practices.

Staff and students in a Michigan school district were asked to sign an anti-bullying pledge as part of an initiative aimed at addressing bullying this year. The program includes weekly lessons on compassion, respect and self-control, among other virtues.

For teachers to persevere through challenges, they need a community of peers, ongoing professional development, and on-demand support.

Students ages 6 to 8 who learned in a classroom setting with a robot named NAO showed more improvement than peers who didn't learn alongside the robot, according to researchers from the University of Louisville in Kentucky. The researchers said they think the robot made students less afraid of reaching the wrong answer and helped…