Teachers go to great lengths to clearly define the problems our students will solve, how they should solve them, and what the outcomes should be. Although students can and do learn from highly planned tasks, there are serious drawbacks from relying too much on these kinds of learning experiences.

We want to hear your stories. In each issue, Educational Leadership's "Tell Me About" column publishes brief contributions from readers describing their experiences related to that issue's theme.

Educators may not be prepared to assist students with issues stemming from dating violence, according to a report published in Violence and Gender. Data show 68% of principals did not have formal training on the subject, and 62% reported that teachers and other staff had not been trained.

Lenge før resultatene fra to store norske forskningsprosjekter på effekten av økt lærertetthet for elevers læring er klare, vedtar politikerne en lærernorm. De mener at de allerede har nok kunnskap. Forskerne er overrasket.

Basic math concepts helpful 'to get by in society,' says UPEI prof.

Google and researchers from MIT Scratch are celebrating the 50th anniversary of children learning to code by releasing a new Google Doodle, which also is a coding-themed game. "Coding for Carrots" lets students lead an animated rabbit through a block maze in search of carrots.

Teens with smartphone or internet addiction show higher levels of a neurotransmitter that slows down brain signals, researchers reported at the Radiological Society of North America meeting. The research linked the impact on the brain signals to increased levels of addiction, anxiety and depression, one radiology professor said.

Educator and administrator Ben Johnson has developed strategies to help him cope with unexpected workplace changes. In this blog post, he shares three strategies to help educators navigate the changes that come with an altered school population or new curriculum.

Some schools nationwide are engaging students through competency-based education by letting them use practical experiences to fulfill some academic requirements. At a school in Maine, a student earned the art credits he needed to graduate by pursuing a passion outside of school -- creating wooden duck decoys.

A professional-development programme aimed at motivating teachers will reach 80,000 teachers this year -- primarily in Uganda and India. The model, overseen by nonprofit STIR Education, seeks to help educators discover their intrinsic motivation.

New York City educator Jessica Silva is teaching computer science by having students unplug their devices at first and then use interactive games to learn about algorithms that can be used to code. Silva's school is one of 23 elementary schools taking part in the city's Computer Science for All initiative, now in its second…

Recording and observing themselves teaching has been a "saving grace," suggest Keisha Motley, a fourth-grade teacher, and Jessica Reynolds, a math interventionist. In this blog post, the educators share how they use the videos to help improve teaching and learning.