No. And high schools shouldn’t treat it that way.

Världens ungdomar är historiens hittills största generation. Tyvärr är deras hälsomässiga situation utmanande. I en studie i tidskriften the Lancet har man har undersökt utvecklingen i 195 länder under perioden 1990–2016. Resultaten visar på bland annat en ökning av övervikt och fetma, som nu drabbar en femtedel av världens ungdomar.

Many elite colleges have committed to enrolling more low-income students. But, a new book argues, their efforts at inclusivity still fall short.

For many kids, sitting still all day in school is a big challenge, which is why movement breaks are good practice, whether it's in elementary school or high school. Additionally, learning science shows us that movement activates the brain and improves cognition.

Korey Barkley, a middle-school Spanish teacher in Massachusetts, helps students love to learn by adopting strategies that make it fun. In this commentary, Barkley shares four approaches, including playing games, offering more choices and scheduling brain breaks.

More than half of elementary students' reading lives take place while teachers work with other children. In literacy professor Lindsey Moses' work to support differentiated instruction, she hears one common question: "What are the rest of my students doing while I am running small groups?" Facilitate meaningful engagement for young readers with practices to guide…

A growing consensus recognizes educator micro-credentials as promising new professional learning resources.

How a pedagogy of play can enliven the classroom, for students of all ages.

Unrestricted access to a screen, much like a sugar addiction, can lead to an unhealthy obsession. But we must also prepare our children for a world where technology is king.

A school district in California is using technology solutions to help students hear in school, according to Michelle Zavaleta, coordinator of psychological services in special education for the Tulare City School District. In this blog post, she shares several tips to help adopt such solutions, including finding a tool that works for all students --…

The textbook is becoming obsolete, Bill Gates wrote in his annual letter from his foundation. Peter Greene, a high-school English teacher, counters Gates' argument with five reasons why he says textbooks will continue to be a classroom staple -- at least in the near term -- including a preference, even among digital natives, for printed…

Blended learning does not have to be implemented in a vacuum, write Jenny White of the Blended Learning Universe and Chelsea Waite of the Christensen Institute. White and Waite debunk common myths about blended learning, including that it is just students with headphones in front of a screen.