Principals are a key in-school factor associated with student achievement. When principals leave, it can disrupt school progress, increase teacher turnover, and stall student achievement. A new study reviews existing research to identify why school leadership matters and the impacts of principal mobility on student achievement.

Principals have a lot on their plates. According to recent research, the job's challenges have led to an 18% average turnover rate in public schools. Yet, many leaders have found workable solutions to juggle the responsibilities. Principals on Twitter shared their tips and tricks for staying cool under - well, you know the rest.

Research shows the benefits of phonics lessons in early-literacy instruction, but data shows that teacher training programs may be offering mixed messages about best practices. An Education Week survey of about 530 early-reading professors finds that 22% focused on explicit, systemic phonics, while 57% teach a more balanced literacy philosophy.

Legos, toothpicks and toy cars are key to teaching science and math early.

Erin Maier, a reading interventionist at Pasadena Park Elementary School, noticed that struggling readers often benefit from audiobooks, especially if they follow along with a printed version of the same book. Maier secured a grant for her school that will pay for as many as 120 Playaway audiobooks, making it easier for struggling readers to…

“Konstruktivism” som en allmän förklaringsmodell till skolans förfall har efter det förts fram av framträdande skoldebattörer, inte minst i filosofiprofessor Åsa Wikforss bok "Alternativa fakta" från 2017.

Barn och unga vistas allt mindre i naturmiljöer. Men elever som med egna sinnen får upptäcka och bekanta sig med träd och växter i en autentisk miljö utvecklar förståelse för biologisk mångfald och människans påverkan på miljön, visar en avhandling vid Göteborgs universitet.

Enligt amerikanska forskare kan vissa egenskaper och beteenden avslöja om ett barn lider av psykopatiska drag – och på en vårdinrättning i Wisconsin försöker psykologer rädda våldsamma ungdomar från en dyster framtid. Men vad säger de svenska experterna på området? Vilka slutsatser kan man egentligen dra från tre- och fyraåringars uppförande?

A decline in knowledge could be reversed with new approaches to vocabulary instruction.

It's possible to incorporate coding and programming into core subject areas--here's how to get started.

Caring for a garden can be incorporated into lessons for most subjects, providing opportunities for science experiments, art projects and social-emotional learning, among other things.

Games can help all students develop skills such as adaptability and collaboration, writes Benjamin Leskovansky, Insight Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School's IT instructor. In this commentary, Leskovansky writes that "gamification" - or game-based learning - helped his computer science career and shares how games can be applied to almost any topic.