Some schools are adopting biometric security, including facial and fingerprint scans, to improve safety and boost efficiency.

Many schools are relying on text-messaging and phone apps to keep parents informed about school activities and their children's academic progress. Heejae Lim, founder of TalkingPoints, says the biggest barriers often are schools that don't recognize the value of parent engagement.

How are students, English learners in particular, supported in accessing grade level content? Let’s use an analogy to think about this.

To develop a good relationship with parents, teachers should communicate with them using a blend of technology and in-person meetings, asserts teacher Danielle McColl. In this commentary, McColl offers her strategies, including using social media to share her fifth-grade students' work.

Students must be explicitly taught how to evaluate the trustworthiness of digital sites in order to successfully navigate their futures as citizens of the world.

Teachers in about 12 states receive coaching in the classroom through "bug-in-ear" coaching. Paula Crawford of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction says she has observed teachers use the on-the-spot feedback they receive through the virtual coaching to make an immediate change in the classroom that improved outcomes for students.

Research shows that when teachers forge strong relationships with students they learn better.

Data show uptick of AI use in education.

Small groups of committed teachers can drive change, says Adam Alvarez in the latest Confronting Inequity column in Educational Leadership. Teacher leaders not only are able to support overburdened administrators, but also have insight into their colleagues' concerns and are well positioned to respond to students' varied needs.

Teachers at a school in Brooklyn, N.Y., for students in sixth through 10th grades aim to focus on learners' strengths. The school, where about 30% of students have special needs, focuses on personalized learning and small-group instruction, an approach that educators say helps to eliminate the stigma of receiving extra support.

Shedding light on what it really takes to build a highly expert cadre of mathematics teachers.

Students who attend a K-8 school with a principal who participated in the New Leaders' Aspiring Principals program more likely were to have higher math and English-language arts scores, according to a study by RAND. About 3,200 educators in 30 cities in the US have completed the program.