Dallas Independent School District has approved plans to install video cameras in all special-education classrooms. The cameras are intended to improve safety for students and help officials investigate incidents if they occur, but some say there are concerns related to privacy.

Learning meditation from peers helped students encourage one another and become more centered.  

Many states are focusing on adding counselors to schools to help students cope with mental health issues. But a new study shows effective counselors have a similar impact to that of teachers when it comes to educational attainment.

Under de senaste tio åren har andelen utrikes födda elever i årskurs 9 fördubblats från 6 till 13 procent. Det är en rekordstor ökning. Hans Grönqvist och Susan Niknami har kartlagt och analyserat skillnaderna i studieresultat mellan inrikes och utrikes födda elever i grundskolan och gymnasiet under perioden 1990–2017 (pdf).

Integration problems are often explained in terms of segregation. Students with immigrant backgrounds are frequently associated with so-called ethnically segregated residential areas and stigmatized, low-performing, suburban schools. In contrast, this study investigates high-performing students attending a well-reputed school. (pdf)

Enhancing connections between schools and communities could help close digital divides and curb the "homework gap," according to a study of schools in Alabama and Arizona. The study finds that bridging this divide relies on robust in-school technology programs and relevant community connections.

As schools transition to online learning to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Luis Moreno, a modern foreign languages teacher who has taught in international schools in the UK and overseas, shares tips to help teachers teach remotely. In this commentary, Moreno suggests adopting cloud tools, exploring flipped learning and ensuring familiarity with the tools…

Schools in Finland have adopted phenomenon-based classes that include cross-curricular learning - an approach that considers that students will need to work in multidisciplinary teams in the future. Students between 7 and 16 years old are required to take at least one such course annually.

Schools in China and elsewhere, including Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Vietnam, have adopted online education to avoid a disruption in learning while schools are closed amid the coronavirus outbreak. Lee Shawver, who teaches at Qingdao Amerasia International School, says the transition has been hard on students -- some are bored, others lonely -- and…

More states are taking steps to ensure schools support students' social and emotional needs, with 18 states adopting K-12 social and emotional learning standards. Michigan is included in the list and State Superintendent Michael Rice says the curriculum helps support development of "soft skills" that employers are looking for in future hires.

The Mississippi Association of Educators has a program to help support male teachers of color. The program, for teachers with up to five years of experience, includes a weekly video meeting that allows teachers to chat about strategies, frustrations and other topics.

Recent research into reading has revealed much about how people learn to read, and Benjamin Riley, founder and executive director of Deans for Impact, expresses optimism that educators might adopt much of this reading science into how they teach reading without triggering new "reading wars" between advocates of phonics and whole language. Read his suggestions…