A review of seventeen studies found that guided play is as good as or better than adult-led, direct instruction.

Teaching elementary students the neuroscience of emotions helps them understand their feelings and empowers them to respond with intentionality.

A proactive approach that includes partnerships with educators can help students process increased incidences of hate and bias in schools, writes Derek Francis, manager of counseling services in Minneapolis Public Schools. In this commentary, Francis shares that the district uses a plan that offers proactive and reactive resources as well as tools to help school…

Chalkboards and whiteboards are making way for eGlass' web-integrated light board, fold-out camera and built-in mic that allow teachers to see students while writing, use various marker colors, and fade themselves in and out of the picture.

While teachers are familiar with wearing many hats, they might be surprised to learn that they are researchers too. Educators are constantly gathering and assessing data from their students, schools and classrooms.

I november förra året presenterade Finland en nationell läskunnighetsstrategi som omfattar hela befolkningen. Strategin definierar läskunnighet som multilitteracitet. Med andra ord räcker det inte att kunna läsa vanlig text, utan det gäller även att kunna förstå och kritiskt granska statistik, bild, ljud och film.

Här får du en övergripande bild av det ukrainska skolsystemet, från förskola upp till gymnasieskola. Det kan vara bra att ta del av den när du tar emot nyanlända barn och elever från Ukraina.

School leaders can discern concerning behaviors and protect students against real threats of school violence.

A teacher stopped penalizing late work and started asking students questions about why assignments were late. Here’s what he learned.

Sometimes in a child’s world, their teacher is the only one who can truly see their potential, their spark, the special way in which they can make a difference in this world. We must not diminish that by taking away their right to a rigorous and curiosity-driven learning experience, writes ninth-grade English teacher Ka’ua Adams.

Cellphones can be a useful tool for classroom learning or an unwelcome distraction for students, agrees Nelann Taylor, a high-school teacher in Louisiana. Stevie Frank, a fifth-grade humanities teacher in Indiana, allows students to keep their phones with them during class and use them in classroom lessons, but Frank asks that they have notifications turned…

When the youngest students get to have a say in the classroom, their work feels more meaningful to them.