Scientific research on how to teach critical thinking contradicts education trends.

Competency-based education has seen its fair share of champions over the past decade, offering the promise of a new architecture of learning. As the competency bandwagon continues to get more crowded, however, there is a critical — and too often ignored — through line between competencies and connections.

There are several benefits to online learning, according to Tracy Arnold, secondary school vice principal at Istanbul International Community School. In this blog post, she shares how the online coursework helps students develop soft skills, helps students recover from low grades and more.

Four strategies can help school leaders promote diversity and integration in their districts, write Patrick Finley and Damon McCord, co-principals of the Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School in Queens, N.Y. In this commentary, they outline the tactics, including reaching out to stakeholders and building a school around the whole child.

Researchers say there's a correlation between strict middle schools that suspend students more often and adverse outcomes for students that attend such schools, such as getting arrested or not finishing college. The study does not establish causation, but researchers say it seems to point to a "school to prison pipeline," with nonwhite and male students…

Around 40% of incoming college students are taking what University of Nevada, Las Vegas, assistant professor Federick Ngo calls "redundant" math classes, covering material they already learned in high school. Ngo's research also shows that female students and those from low-income households were more likely to take such classes, which Ngo says raises questions about…

Researchers asked adults to reflect back on their happy childhood memories. They found those who recalled more were less likely to have depression in adulthood and had more supportive relationships.

Educators should consider ways to help students recognize and curb implicit bias, writes Jacquelyn Whiting, a high-school library media specialist in Connecticut. In this commentary, she shares a lesson that helps students to recognize their own bias by focusing on language.

After struggling to accept her own name in school, educator Huda Essa sees students' names as both an important part of their identity and gateways to foster respect for cultural diversity in the classroom.

Research supports the benefits of learning to be bored versus spending time looking at a screen, according to this blog post.

The global wealthy will soon be able to send their children to a top English private school without having to leave home. Harrow is setting up a virtual sixth form which will teach A-levels online to pupils anywhere in the world.

Bullying behaviour often emerges in childhood, and the consequences for victims can last a lifetime. But what makes a child become a bully?