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Fractions are notoriously tricky for many kids, but giving them real-world examples can help make abstract concepts more concrete.

Some schools are testing a wall-climbing robot designed to help students learn to code. The robot, created by Harvard University's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, and its mobile app were recently tested by third-grade students at a Massachusetts school.

High school programs can accelerate disadvantaged teenagers.

Toxic stress is a barrier to learning, educators say, and often affects students living in poverty.

Serena Pariser, a national evaluator for Schools of Character and a former Teacher of the Year, suggests schools could adapt the concept of a kindness meter used in a California community. In this blog post, she outlines how the concept could support the development of social-emotional skills among students.

By effectively explaining the negative effects of bullying to children, educators and parents can help break the cycle. Rosie Dutton, a teacher who visits schools in Birmingham, England to teach about mindfulness, found a fantastic way to demonstrate the effects of bullying by using two apples.

From flying saucers to alien life on other planets, our lessons will help you explore all things extra-terrestrial from the comfort of your classroom.

Brain development and long-term health benefit from vigorous activity at a young age, according to academics from eight countries.

Explaining tragedies such as the death of Jo Cox is a challenge for teachers and parents in today’s 24/7 media world.

Researchers studying language development say genes and brain structure can collectively influence second-language learning in adults. Brain scans of students from China who took an intensive English-language course and those who did not were studied for genetics and brain changes.

Do we make it easy for kids to be kind in schools? The internationally growing trend of kindness meters might have the power to promote the spread of kindness in schools. What would that be like?