Tapping your school’s internal resources for professional development encourages teachers to share ideas that can improve student learning.

There’s a place for lessons involving robots in every grade and every subject—not just science and math but English and social studies too.

Math anxiety is a corrosive agent in the STEM talent pipeline. Contrary to what might be expected, it disproportionately affects high-ability students who default from efficient mathematical strategies that rely on working memory to less-efficient ones.

Neuroscientist Nina Kraus believes music education is a vital complement to teaching core subjects. “Playing music will help the reading, writing and arithmetic, in addition to the other ways that it strengthens brain development.”

The effect of noise on children’s learning is a factor that must be considered in the efforts to increase educational equity.

Teachers can record short lessons to use in station rotations to support a student-centered learning environment in middle and high school.

The use of artificial intelligence is growing rapidly in school districts, showing up in programs and software models that support everything from storytime to security.

“There are really two different aspects to reading,” said Education journalist Natalie Wexler on KQED’s Forum program. "One is decoding, just matching sounds to letters. That really is a set of skills that you need to be taught directly. But reading comprehension skills are different."

Plants do more than liven up your decor—they can help students feel better, and learn better too.

From reframing our notion of “good” schools to mining the magic of expert teachers, here’s a curated list of must-read research from 2021.