What do mindful behaviors, like attention to breathing, have to do with feeling safe, loved and ready to learn? Research suggests that if you change the way you breathe, you can change the way you feel. Try short mindfulness activities with students throughout the day to help them calm down, relieve stress and decrease misbehavior.

Some schools are tracking the words students type on school computers using safety management platforms, including Gaggle, Securly, and GoGuardian. The use of platforms, however, has raised questions about how to balance school safety and students' privacy.

English teacher Sarah Brown Wessling has found that jumping right into a complex lesson on the first day -- instead of going through a list of rules -- sets the tone for what it means to learn in community.

HT attended a happiness class in a Delhi government school. Here is an account of what the children were taught — and what they learn.

"Jeg har virkelig fået en masse metoder til at håndtere mine tics. Jeg ved, hvordan jeg stopper det," siger Tue på 13 år, som har Tourettes.

A public-private partnership aims to prevent the "summer slide" by giving low-income neighborhood kids a private school experience over the summer.

Kvaliteten af dansk pædagogisk forskning er for ringe, konkluderer en ny rapport. Nu tager forskere til genmæle.

Lärare från bland annat Japan, Australien, Kina, Iran, Nigeria, Brasilien, USA, Ryssland och Europa, kommer under konferensen ATEE vid Högskolan i Gävle att samtala om hur undervisning ska kunna ge en framtid för alla.

Students across the world are using social media to research and choose their university.

Chicago elementary-school principal Marilyn McCottrell has worked to close the academic gap between black girls and boys in her school since black boys were improving at a slower rate. "Nothing is solved," McCottrell said, but the school is making progress by focusing more time on boys, revamping grading standards and using restorative justice practices.

Teachers often think successful project-based learning requires completely removing themselves from the equation. This mindset can lead to frustration and a lack of rigorous learning. Education consultant Jenny Pieratt debunks five myths about PBL that schools must face head on to honor teachers' challenges and help them adapt student-driven learning in realistic ways.

Social justice belongs in our schools, says educator Sydney Chaffee. In a bold talk, she shows how teaching students to engage in activism helps them build important academic and life skills -- and asks us to rethink how we can use education to help kids find their voices. "Teaching will always be a political act,"…