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.

The benefits of reading aloud aren’t limited to elementary students. One middle school teacher explains how “read-alongs” improve comprehension and boost engagement.

Focusing less on the slides and more on student discussion fosters deeper engagement.

Effective school leaders walk a strict ethical line, writes Toni Faddis, a veteran educator and principal in California. In this article, Faddis shares how she is driven by her personal and professional belief system that she calls principle-centered leadership.