En grupp medlemmar från den svenska Vetenskapsakademin reser till Ungern efter sommaren för att studera vad som händer med den akademiska friheten där.

The middle school winners of the NPR Student Podcast Challenge offer their perspective on why talking about something so natural is so taboo — and why that's silly.

Exercising not only helps the body but it helps the brain. Schools are incorporating movement into the school day with activities like "The Daily Mile" to get kids active and prepared to learn.

Barn med specialbehov inkluderas allt oftare i allmänundervisningen i Finland och det har fått kritik på lärarhåll. Lärarna Pernilla Lindström och Marikki Arnkil ger tummen upp så länge smågruppsarbete också är möjligt.

Around 15% of girls begin menstruation by age 7. The challenges of puberty can rock anybody, but being the first of your friends to go through it can be especially stressful. Good parenting helps.

Children are under increasing pressure. Investing in their mental wellbeing could could help them now and in the future.

Beach schools are among a wave of outdoor learning programmes connecting the national curriculum to the natural world.

In order to help ease the transition into ninth grade, South Bronx Community Charter has developed a summer program that focuses on helping students bond with one another. That relationship-building work helped students better resolve conflicts and feel a sense of belonging once school started.

Schools need to create environments that speak to - rather than resist or suppress - teenagers' neurological development, says noted psychologist and educator Thomas Armstrong in this conversation with editor-in-chief Anthony Rebora.

Kareem Farah, a high-school math teacher, redesigned his instructional model to better serve students' diverse needs. Farah describes the model, which replaces lectures with teacher-led instructional videos.

A new, interactive national report called the STEM Opportunity Index - developed by the National Math and Science Initiative, SRI International and 100Kin10 - compares how states are supporting STEM education based on 10 indicators. NMSI CEO Bernard Harris says the goal is for states to use the data to improve STEM education.

Playing a cooperative role-playing game like Dungeons & Dragons can have the added benefit of helping kids develop social emotional skills.