Over 40 prosent av elevene som sier de opplever mobbing mener tiltakene skolen iverksetter ikke virker. "Svært alvorlig", mener forsker.

Getting to know students who are new to the US includes separating their intellect from their skills with the English language, writes Donna Neary, a social studies teacher and newcomer specialist. In this commentary, Neary shares an experience with a student who advocated for herself and explains how the lesson learned continues to inform her…

För elever kan det vara svårt att förstå det förflutna och få en känsla för historiens tid och rum. Men, med hjälp av skönlitterära berättelser har eleverna möjlighet att identifiera sig med karaktären i boken och på så sätt leva sig in i andra tidsepoker. Det menar forskare från Högskolan i Kristianstad.

Virtual reality can help middle- and high-school students better understand more complex aspects of math using the quadratic equation to design a city's greenspace or linear equations to avoid collisions as a flight instructor.

Creating a feedback loop instead of a top-down information flow and building strong relationships among students, teachers, administrators and parents, along with businesses and other community groups, are some of the changes leaders can make to improve the education system, according to educators and researchers at a recent Education Week forum. Administrators and teachers also…

Small group reading instruction can be improved by creating more heterogenous groups where students of different but similar skill levels work together, recommends special education professor Matthew Burns. Burns suggests that educators focus on grouping students by the skillsets they lack, rather than by general reading levels, to make it easier to address specific challenges.

An occupational therapist shares movement breaks and simple tools that help elementary students focus on the written word.

“We cannot, as a society, afford to continue to support policies and practices that result in academic failure, limited post-secondary options and continued separation and marginalization based on disabilities.”

Elementary teachers can gain rich insights into their students’ lives by asking a few simple questions early in the year.

Effectively teaching content simultaneous with language development to students who are multilingual has been a personal career goal, writes Tan Huynh, a language and literacy specialist. In this blog post, Huynh shares an example geography lesson that uses three components, including one that covers the five language domains - speaking, writing, interacting, reading and listening…

This innovative assessment tool has students engage in metacognitive reflection by assembling and presenting evidence of their learning.

Jen, a student I taught early in my career, stood head-and-shoulders above her peers academically. I learned she had started off as an engineering major but switched over to psychology. I was surprised and curious. Was she struggling with difficult classes? No. In fact, Jen’s aptitude for math was so strong, she had been recruited…