Digital tools that students use for learning also can provide some of their biggest distractions. In this commentary, author Ana Homayoun shares how to help students manage these digital distractions by supporting their intrinsic motivation to make better decisions -- online and in the real world.

Students in middle school are amid one of the most trying times of their lives, and school can help or hurt -- or do both. Principals, teachers and other experts advise adults to embrace the messiness inherent in middle school; take preteens' physical needs into account for scheduling and mealtimes; find ways to promote socializing;…

Teachers and researchers agree that homework in elementary school doesn't correlate to better academic achievement. In the older grades, the research is mixed, but cognitive science offers ideas for how to make any homework you assign more effective.

A two-year study by the University of California at Irvine seeks to create tools to maximize student achievement and help them graduate. Researchers will study how students use social media, school technology and support resources, and how attendance affects critical-thinking skills.

A large number of education-technology licenses are never used, and about 98% are not used intensively, according to a report by BrightBytes - findings backed by a separate study from Glimpse K12 that found 67% of educational software product licenses go unused. One potential cause is that edtech purchases are not aligned with the needs…

A hands-on approach to learning is one of the best ways to reverse declining confidence in middle-schoolers.

Neuroscience can suggest ways to keep students working toward their learning goals after their initial excitement wears off.

Teachers and parents have several ways to nurture literacy and lifelong reading among youths, even in today's digital culture of screens and smartphones, Liana Gamber-Thompson writes. Gamber-Thompson outlines seven tips, including modeling reading behavior and joining them in reading content they enjoy, such as graphic novels.

It's not uncommon for kids and adults to have a negative experience learning math. Learning about how the brain works and unpacking some stereotypes can help learners reframe the narrative they tell themselves about math.

Jeffrey Grossman set out to study how exercise affects college students’ grades. What he found, instead, offers uniquely specific insight into the impact sleep has on academic performance.

Failure is part of the learning process, for students and educators, writes Paul Freeman, superintendent at Guilford Public Schools in Connecticut.

A three-step plan for using surveys to gauge students’ interests as a basis for forming small reading discussion groups.