A Pennsylvania school district is using technology to give students more agency over learning and teach them to self-organize. In this blog post, Superintendent Michael Snell writes about the school district's Apollo program, which encourages collaboration and self-paced learning.

I undervisningens ”svarta låda” ryms det som förhindrar elevers lärande. I sin avhandling använder Rebecka Florin-Sädbom Learning Studies för att öppna locket.

The University of Colorado Denver's Pyramid Plus Center has helped about 200 preschools and day care centers implement an instructional model aimed at keeping young students with challenging behaviors in class. The Pyramid Plus model gives educators tools for teaching social-emotional skills.

Students who have a moderate level of anxiety about math tend to perform better than those with high or low anxiety, according to a study published in the journal Psychological Science. Feeling a moderate amount of anxiety, researchers say, can help students stay focused.

Data show students who are chronically absent are more likely to fall behind academically and drop out. The principal of a Maryland elementary school highlights how it addresses the issue.

Teachers typically recommend students read between 20 and 30 minutes daily. However, reading for just 4.7 minutes each day may help struggling readers improve, according to a recent report of students who practiced reading using the online software program Accelerated Reader.

Some public schools are taking part in the Quiet Time program, which integrates meditation and similar practices into the school day. The programs have taken off in schools, particularly in urban areas with higher populations of students from low-income families.

A growing number of US elementary schools are teaching social and emotional learning, in which students become aware of their feelings and learn how to handle them.

Empathy may help improve students' test scores more than class size and educational materials, according to a recent study by researchers at the University of Eastern Finland, the University of Jyväskylä and the University of Turku. Researchers found that empathetic teachers may help boost students' motivation and academic skills.

An associate professor in math asked friends, family, colleagues in other academic disciplines, and even strangers on Twitter, how they use math and which concepts and skills are important to them in their work and daily life.

When addressing the recent terrorist attacks in Paris with elementary-school students, it's important to find out what they already know and focus equal time on peace-keeping efforts, suggests Judith Myers-Walls, a professor emerita at Purdue University.

Children who eat a healthy breakfast are much more likely to do well in end of primary school tests than those who do not, a study suggests.