Educators should use diagnostic, formative, summative, as well as portfolio- and performance-based assessments together to offer a complete picture of students' learning, writes Lori Koerner, principal of Tremont Elementary School in New York state. Koerner shares how teachers can use this data to promote students' growth.

Parents of autistic children in Wales face a choice between English-medium specialist education or Welsh-medium mainstream education.

By addressing student behavior with compassion -- even when they're acting out -- teachers can find productive ways to get kids on task or engage in relationship-building.

Teachers should work to establish classrooms that are safe places for students to learn communication and problem-solving skills, writes Dina Strasser of EL Education. Strasser offers three classroom-management tips to help teachers support the whole child, including adopting restorative practices.

When students participate in class discussion and activities they're more engaged and learn more.

Twelve-year-old Adora Svitak has a simple plea to adults: listen to kids and learn from them because they have a lot to share with the world.

Researchers for Dubit, BBC Children's and the University of Sheffield's School of Education in England surveyed the viewing habits of 3,154 children from birth to 16 regarding social media and television. The survey found that 91% of children have access to tablets and that YouTube was watched on a tablet by 58% of children.

A review of social studies and politics textbooks in Germany and England identifies key differences in the way Europe is depicted -- findings that come amid England's Brexit planning. Overall, textbooks in Germany portray Europe in more positive light, researchers say.

There are four key skills that help prepare today's students for their future careers, asserts Kelsey Irizarry, media specialist in a Minnesota school district. Those skills are typing, collaboration, problem-solving and coding, Irizarry writes in this blog post.

Providing support for principals can improve student achievement, according to a report by RAND that studied a five-year effort led by the Wallace Foundation in six school districts. The study focused on effective ways to train and retain school leaders through a "principal pipeline initiative."

Stay silent? Confront them? The tech allows children to role play and learn about empathy. (webb-tv)

Reading from a screen may be worse for students' comprehension than reading from paper, according to a report presented at the American Educational Research Association by University of North Dakota assistant education professor Virginia Clinton. Her findings suggest, she says, that reading from a screen is best-suited for "light pleasure reading."