Setting aside time for reflection and introspection helps students focus.

When schools have clearly defined "good" and "bad" teachers, more harm is done than good. Joshua Ray, NBCT, has ideas for how to combat this issue and make sure all teachers and students benefit. "Great teaching is not an individual accomplishment, but a collective experience that every teacher and student deserves," Ray writes in this blog…

Give students a voice through writing.

Some US English teachers are gathering on social media to examine racial and cultural biases and encourage each other to use more diverse texts in the classroom. The #DisruptTexts movement, created by four teachers of color, seeks to encourage teachers to consider whether the texts they use are reflective of their students' racial and ethnic…

There are six leadership pillars that help principals support teachers and encourage the development of positive school cultures, according to Evan Robb, a middle-school principal in Virginia. In this article, Robb shares how to use six pillars -- including vision, trust and relationships -- to help build success among students and staff.

Challenging problems with several paths to the solution encourage students to develop their understanding of mathematical concepts.

As Prince George’s County Public Schools’ David Brown looks for opportunities to improve achievement, he’s holding teachers accountable while relying on them as "content leaders."

Missouri State University's Preschool for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing draws families from many miles away in part because it focuses intensely on early literacy for children with hearing impairments. Teachers use kinetic learning and visual aids to help students ages 3 to 5 adapt to the classroom environment, use assistive devices, and develop…

Why it's important for teachers — and their schools — to create space to acknowledge and respond to the stress of the job.

School assemblies, poster campaigns and lectures are largely ineffective at curbing bullying among students, writes clinical psychologist Jeff Nalin. In this blog post, Nalin suggests seven strategies to help educators and parents address bullying behavior, including teaching coping skills and rewarding prosocial behavior.

Teaching STEM is about trial and error -- allowing students to experiment, create and learn from mistakes, writes Hilary Ayle.

In this commentary, education reporter Christina Samuels reflects on her own experience with testing and considers the origins of the racial achievement gap. That line of inquiry led her to talk to Ronald Ferguson, an economist and director of Harvard's Achievement Gap Initiative, who is focused on early brain development as a potential solution to…