Advocates of competency-based education see it as a way to free students from age-based cohorts and seat-time. But there may be drawbacks to this innovative approach, too.

Being kind to oneself by practicing self-compassion can help people develop a healthy source of self-worth, feel less alone and calm some of the negative voices in one's head.

When the reading brain skims texts, we don’t have time to grasp complexity, to understand another’s feelings or to perceive beauty. We need a new literacy for the digital age.

Psychological interventions aimed at easing test anxiety can help improve outcomes for students from low-income families in science, according to a study led by Christopher Rozek, a psychologist at Stanford University. Researchers found that asking students to write about their fears as well as reading a statement explaining how the body responds to stress helped…

An Alabama school district introduced technology to help monitor students' online traffic and communication after a student's suicide. In this interview, Charlie Jimmerson, the district's director of technology, describes the tech being used, including artificial intelligence and 24/7 human monitors.

The more tools students have to express themselves, the better. At one girls' school in Tennessee, a longstanding integration of dance into the core curriculum allows students' alternative ways to communicate their learning. With the right framework, dance promotes agency and solidifies students' knowledge for the years ahead.

Video games improve communication, adaptibility and critical thinking – just the attributes that employers are looking for.

A station rotation model can help teachers improve the efficiency and effectiveness of reading assessments, writes Taryn Fletcher, deputy superintendent of the Camden City School District in New Jersey. Fletcher outlines three steps for implementing this model, including collecting baseline data and turning data into intervention.

The education sector, both higher education and K-12, is particularly vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks as efforts to secure its networks lag behind those of other industries, a report from security company SecurityScorecard finds. Company Co-founder Sam Kassoumeh says systemic underfunding of IT departments has contributed to the problem.

Researchers found higher rates of bullying and certain teasing in areas where voters favored Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election.

Jack Silva didn't know anything about how children learn to read. What he did know is that a lot of students in his district were struggling. Silva is the chief academic officer for Bethlehem, Pa., public schools. In 2015, only 56 percent of third-graders were scoring proficient on the state reading test. That year, he…

A study that tracked parental usage of a math app with their first-grade children showed it especially benefited children whose parents were stressed by math. "It changed parents' expectation that their kids can do well in math because they got the opportunity to see their kids engaging in math and enjoying it," according to study…