Learning meditation from peers helped students encourage one another and become more centered.  

Many states are focusing on adding counselors to schools to help students cope with mental health issues. But a new study shows effective counselors have a similar impact to that of teachers when it comes to educational attainment.

Enhancing connections between schools and communities could help close digital divides and curb the "homework gap," according to a study of schools in Alabama and Arizona. The study finds that bridging this divide relies on robust in-school technology programs and relevant community connections.

As schools transition to online learning to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Luis Moreno, a modern foreign languages teacher who has taught in international schools in the UK and overseas, shares tips to help teachers teach remotely. In this commentary, Moreno suggests adopting cloud tools, exploring flipped learning and ensuring familiarity with the tools…

Schools in Finland have adopted phenomenon-based classes that include cross-curricular learning - an approach that considers that students will need to work in multidisciplinary teams in the future. Students between 7 and 16 years old are required to take at least one such course annually.

Schools in China and elsewhere, including Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Vietnam, have adopted online education to avoid a disruption in learning while schools are closed amid the coronavirus outbreak. Lee Shawver, who teaches at Qingdao Amerasia International School, says the transition has been hard on students -- some are bored, others lonely -- and…

More states are taking steps to ensure schools support students' social and emotional needs, with 18 states adopting K-12 social and emotional learning standards. Michigan is included in the list and State Superintendent Michael Rice says the curriculum helps support development of "soft skills" that employers are looking for in future hires.

The Mississippi Association of Educators has a program to help support male teachers of color. The program, for teachers with up to five years of experience, includes a weekly video meeting that allows teachers to chat about strategies, frustrations and other topics.

Recent research into reading has revealed much about how people learn to read, and Benjamin Riley, founder and executive director of Deans for Impact, expresses optimism that educators might adopt much of this reading science into how they teach reading without triggering new "reading wars" between advocates of phonics and whole language. Read his suggestions…

En svensk föräldrakurs för att stoppa barnfetma har visat sig vara effektivast i världen. Den ska nu testas i fler EU-länder.

Børn med ADHD bliver bedre til at fokusere på en ting ad gangen, når de går til skydning i skoletiden. Det viser en ny ph.d. om DGI-projektet Fokus Skydning. Samtidig er nogle lærere blevet opmærksomme på, at de kan inddrage elementer fra idrætten i deres undervisning.

Pigerne æder sig ind på drengene i antallet af ADHD-diagnoser, og flere piger kommer i behandling, selvom deres symptomer er svære at tyde. Eksperter peger på markant mørketal.