Att svara fel i klassrummet är många elevers skräck. Det borde det inte vara. Det ökar nämligen radikalt sannolikheten för att de senare minns rätt svar, visar forskning. Och ju säkrare vi är på att vi hade rätt, desto bättre minns vi.

Sixth-grade math teacher Stephanie Britton from Franklin County, Ky., strives to make the subject interesting for her students by explaining it in terms of real-world applications. She's created lessons about the football season and has even used toilet paper in examples.

Vetenskapen kan vässa läraren – men det är läraren som är experten och vet vad som funkar i klass­rummet. Det säger Jared Cooney Horvath, som lämnade lärar­yrket för att fördjupa sig i neurovetenskap.

Twenty education associations and education-technology companies have developed a rubric to help school districts identify improvements needed for effective remote instruction this year. The guide helps districts evaluate 29 areas, including goals, governance and schedules.

Educators are finding tools to teach young kids about America’s racist past and present in age-appropriate ways.  

The recent push toward more inclusive and anti-racist instruction in schools has led teachers to reconsider how they handle issues of race in classes.

Project-based learning units that include different disciplines allow students to apply what they learn to new situations, leading to deeper learning.

Small 'learning hubs' can help some students when schools are closed.

Teachers can help recover students' lost time from the spring by highlighting skills rather than knowledge gaps and by valuing insights over assessments, writes DreamBox Learning's Tim Hudson, a former math educator. Hudson also advises focusing on mental and physical health before diving into the curriculum.