This educational approach may look like just fun and games to an outsider — and it partially is. But incorporating play in ...

Students with learning disabilities and other challenges may find word problems difficult even when they know the math, so building up their confidence is key.

Last year, I visited a seventh-grade math classroom in a public school in the Bronx. Twenty students sat bent over laptops, ...

Classrooms can be spaces of healing; educators can help students build well-being, community, growth, and care.

Social-emotional learning (SEL) houses a variety of skills, all of which have always been embedded in the K–12 experience. As ...

Teachers can help ease the anxiety that many students feel with these strategies for creating joyful learning experiences.

How can we teach students to embrace their civic identity as members of their communities and support them in leading our nation's democratic renaissance?

In recent years, educational research has sparked significant discussion about whether boys and girls learn differently and if gender-specific teaching strategies could enhance academic outcomes. This ...

A new report by IBM Center for the Business of Government and the Commerce and Contracts Management Institute says trust, governance and data need to be in place before the contracts can work. Outcome ...

Students learn best when they feel safe, supported and inspired by their surroundings. Classroom design can profoundly influence how students experience and interact with the world. Here are four tips ...

Elite units achieved success on the ground, but some operators say the larger strategy never aligned with those victories. Without a clear long-term plan, tactical wins failed to translate into ...

Some school districts, including ones in Maine, New Mexico, Iowa and Oregon, are shifting to standards-based grading, where students are graded on the skills and concepts they learn instead of points ...