While high-level change can move slowly in education, educators can adopt different strategies to make their own classrooms centers of reform, educator David Andrew Tow writes. Focusing on incremental change -- instead of large-scale reform -- and avoiding academic jargon when discussing new ideas with parents and students are among the suggestions Tow makes in…

School travel programmes provide several benefits to middle school students, including keeping them engaged in language learning at a critical time in their education, writes Heather Singmaster, director at the Center for Global Education at Asia Society. Singmaster tells about a Portland, Oregon Mandarin immersion program in which students travel to China and exercise their…

A study of students in Houston and Washington, D.C., found that those who were paid a small sum to complete math problems, homework and other academic tasks increased their likelihood to attend school by 1% and were 13.5% more likely to finish homework. University of New South Wales professor Richard Holden writes in this commentary…

Youths who were enrolled in a free lunch program at school for up to five years had 18% and 9% higher test scores in reading and math, respectively, compared with those who were enrolled in the program for less than a year, according to a study in the Journal of Development Economics. The findings were…

The human brain was not designed to read, and in the digital age people increasingly are skimming rather than reading in depth, according to two university educators. This trend could affect critical thinking and empathy that is fueled by deeper reading, asserts Maryanne Wolf of the University of California, Los Angeles.

Over en tredjedel af den samlede forskning i, hvor store skoleklasser bør være, bygger på et berømt amerikansk eksperiment kaldet STAR, som blev udført fra 1985 til 1989 i den amerikanske sydstat Tennessee. Men der er alvorlige fejl i de videnskabelige artikler om STAR-forsøget, afslører en ny analyse.

Background noise in the classroom may harm students' learning, according to a study led by Marc Vander Ghinst, a researcher at a developmental neuroscience center at the Free University of Brussels in Belgium.

Coaches have skills that can help kids develop experiences outside of the classroom and teachers know how kids learn and connect with information.

In a few years, today's education system may look to us like 19th century medicine does now, said Jeffrey Riley, commissioner of elementary and secondary education in Massachusetts. At the recent LearnLaunch 2019 conference in Boston he spoke about the need for more innovation, better use of data and more support for teachers.

See how students, teachers are adjusting to personal iPads at high school.

Learning computer science can help students overcome their fear of failure in math by providing a fresh approach to problem-solving, writes New York high-school teacher Courtney Morgan. In this commentary, Morgan writes about her teaching style of coaching "from the sidelines" and allowing students to work together to solve problems.

In the latest issue of Educational Leadership magazine, Justin Reich explores the question, "How can educators ensure that technology-rich learning experiences aren't restricted to the most privileged students?"