Bringing more students - including those who may be reluctant - into class discussions can help develop their communication and thinking skills, asserts educator Jori Krulder. In this blog post, she offers several tips for opening up classroom discussions to all students.

Writing improves our thinking by helping us focus and organize our thoughts, which allows us to communicate more effectively and demonstrate a deeper understanding of content. That's just as important to STEM learning as it is to English language arts. But what types of writing tasks are appropriate and engaging across content areas?

Not long after 'co-location' became a buzz word around Blenheim, one school was given a tidy sum to test modern learning. Jennifer Eder reports.

Curiosity may correlate to better performance in maths and reading among all students, but especially for those from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, according to a study published in the journal Pediatric Research. Researchers say the findings support more emphasis on curiosity in early learning.

Game-based learning can help support history lessons, writes Paul Darvasi, a high-school English and media studies teacher in Toronto. In this blog post, he shares examples, including how video games can help students examine the reliability of historic primary-source documents.

Teachers should strike the right balance and tone when talking in class, according to Neil Mercer, emeritus professor of education at the University of Cambridge in England. In this podcast, he discusses the research behind talk in the classroom and offers strategies to improve the spoken language skills of teachers and students.

Random acts of kindness have increased 92% at a New Jersey middle school since it adopted a positive-behavior program. The Hero program embeds rewards into the school culture, and students earn points for good behavior, such as being on time.

Teaching keeps school leaders connected to students and other teachers and lets them feel the effects of their own decisions.

In recent years, technology has played a significant role in reshaping the landscape of college teaching, and it will surely continue to do so. But the groundswell of artificial intelligence (AI) that surrounds us marks a particularly fragile moment for teaching.

Learning about failure could help boost student performance, asserts Columbia University researcher Xiaodong Lin-Siegler. The university has launched the Education for Persistence and Innovation Center to learn more about the role failure plays in learning.

Educators should help to develop a culture of risk-taking in their schools, asserts Jill Webb, head of Lower School at The Wellington School, a private campus in Columbus, Ohio. In this blog post, she shares several tips to help encourage students to take risks.

Stress can play positive and negative roles in students' academic lives, especially the parts related to exams and testing, asserts Marc Smith, a chartered psychologist and teacher. In this blog post, he suggests teachers help students understand that stress is natural and even helpful in some cases.