Transformational leadership coach Elena Aguilar in this blog post recommends providing teachers with more training and support on social and emotional learning.

Text sets - groups of texts that have a common theme - can help students make connections and deepen their understanding of content, writes Amanda Wall, an assistant professor at Georgia Southern University.

Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry is holding monthly professional-development sessions for educators in which they learn tips for teaching science to upper-elementary or middle-school students.

Blended-learning models allow students to progress at their own pace through a mix of online lessons and in-class interactions with teachers and peers. More schools are turning to the high-tech method, according to this article.

Linnéa Skogqvist-Kasurinen, retoriklärare på Gubbängsskolan, ser retoriken som en livsviktig demokratifråga. Idag kan elever gå igenom hela skoltiden utan att lära sig tala inför klassen, och det är ett stort misslyckande, menar hon.

Vår avdelning har skapat en sagoskog längs en stig i skogen ett stenkast från vår förskola. Vi såg att barnen hade ett stort intresse för att undersöka, röra sig och leka i skogen.

In the classroom, fiero — excitement that gamers experience when they overcome challenges — makes students see that they’re empowered players in their own education. They’re released into the exciting adventure that learning can be.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation just released a report detailing the results of 3,100 teacher surveys and 1,250 student surveys on the kinds of digital instruction tools that are useful and effective.

Valuing and supporting students is a fundamental part of teaching. So why don't we show the same concern for our colleagues? asks Secret Teacher.

'If you don't support students who have difficult home lives, you lose them.' Teacher Alicia McKeown discusses how her own education informed her teaching career.

Dinosaurs provide an endless source of natural fascination for students. If you want to bring Jurassic Park into your classroom, here's a selection of lesson resources and ideas.

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