A principal professional-development program that included 188 hours of training did not have the expected results, according to a report from the US Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences. Researchers found teachers whose principals participated reported less instructional support and feedback, and data shows slightly lower retention rates among principals.

As teen suicide rates surged in La Plata County, Colo., Mountain Middle School decided to ban cell phones on campus. The school has been phone-free for seven years, and administrators say the ban has encouraged students to talk to each other and focus more clearly.

In Houman Harouni’s classes, power structures are questioned, discomfort is embraced, and even the act of teaching is subverted.

All school leaders experience adversity, contention, trials, and tribulations during their tenures. However, leaders of color will almost certainly experience situations that have an additional layer of contention or adversity due to bias, stereotypes, and incorrect cultural perceptions.

The U.S. Secret Service said in a report released on Thursday that many of the mass shootings at schools from 2008 to 2017 could have been prevented.

This report builds on 20 years of NTAC research and guidance in the field of threat assessment by offering an in-depth analysis of the motives, behaviors, and situational factors of the attackers, as well as the tactics, resolutions, and other operationally-relevant details of the attacks. (pdf)

Brain scans of 104 boys and girls doing basic math tasks found no gender differences. The finding adds to the evidence that boys and girls start out with equal ability in math.

Lärarna på Birkaskolan var på fortbildningskurs i Italien, jobbskuggade kollegor i Polen och återvände hem fyllda med intryck och tankar kring undervisning.

During school it used to be the case that if you misbehave in class, you get sent to see the head teacher or perhaps given detention. But teachers in West Berkshire schools are now being told punishment shouldn't be their first response. They're using so called therapeutic learning, which is designed to look at the…

Children's physical activity levels drop significantly during their primary school years, research finds.

Skærmene får skylden for et fald i danske elevers læsefærdigheder i ny undersøgelse. Men er det nu også den mest sandsynlige forklaring?

A new study of violent attacks in schools over the last decade reveal that most of the student attackers were motivated by a specific grievance and every single one of them was experiencing extreme stress.