The Carnegie Foundation is working with teachers and administrators to identify, test and implement improvement strategies in schools. The foundation uses a standard cycle of improvement that includes understanding the problem, defining the goal and testing ideas.

Norske elever rapporterer at uro i skolen er et utbredt problem og at lærere sliter med å håndtere bråket. Mange lærere velger å slutte på grunn av uro.

Performance feedback will be more productive if you include room to hear out the other person's perspective, writes Otis Elevator executive Molly Nuhring. "Remain open-minded, and be prepared to continue the discussion over multiple sessions," she says.

Planning for - and defining - personalized learning can be challenging, asserts Fred Ende of the Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. In this blog post, he shares characteristics that can help school leaders plan for personalization.

Creating "how-to" videos allows high-school teacher Jason Muniz to spend more time engaging students to boost their learning, Muniz writes. In this blog post, he shares the process he uses to create the videos and the challenges that go along with the strategy.

Educators at a primary school in Australia say students are more focused and productive since the school adopted mindfulness practices. Deputy Principal Roxanne Picoaga noted that the school adopted such practices to support student well-being and achievement.

Some students in Scotland are being taught in different groups based on their abilities -- a process known as "streaming". Sir Harry Burns, a leading academic and former chief medical officer for Scotland, has spoken out against the practice, saying it leads to social inequality.

For many teachers, working with students is more than a full-time job. Here are three educators coming up with innovative solutions to the classroom challenges they face.

Planning a project or creating a study schedule for an exam with the end goal in sight can help give students greater clarity and kickstart motivation when it might seem to lag the most.

In his series of articles on how psychology research can inform teaching, Bradley Busch picks an academic study and makes sense of it for the classroom. This time: student evaluation of learning.

Writing for themselves and for an audience can help educators spread their voice, asserts language arts teacher Andrea Marshbank. In this blog post, she highlights the benefits of writing and websites where educators can submit articles for publication.

A new study found proximity to books, along with adult support, can enhance children’s learning.