Educational technology companies should be hiring teachers or former teachers to help develop and enhance their products, Jason Carroll of Texthelp asserts. Their insights can address edtech's much-needed elements of specific needs, usage impact and workflow effect, Carroll explains.

Hallway bulletin boards are often created by teachers, but giving students more control nurtures their sense of belonging.

For students who have internalized a message that they’re destined to fail, promoting realistic optimism can be game-changing.

A New Mexico district is replacing some professional development days with teacher wellness retreats.

Dedicated advisers can pinpoint online students' problems, manage their expectations and offer support and solutions, writes Janet Morrison, director of Champlain College's general education program.

Dedicated advisers can pinpoint online students' problems, manage their expectations and offer support and solutions, writes Janet Morrison, director of Champlain College's general education program. For example, an adviser can help procrastinators develop a schedule for assignments and encourage overwhelmed students to pare back on the number of classes taken at one time.

Teachers need a greater voice and choices when it comes to education technology, according to Melissa Collins, a second-grade teacher. In this commentary, Collins writes that the wasteful cycle of edtech tools going unused in classrooms or not living up to promises could be ended if teachers are included in discussions and decisions about digital…

For many of these students, physical education activities can be difficult. Personalized stories that cast them as their favorite hero may motivate them to persevere.

For ungdom med mindre gode relasjoner til skole og foreldre var det å ha blitt seksuelt trakassert forbundet med flere depressive symptomer, skriver forskerne.

The Innovation Station program at Brookwood Elementary School in Georgia features a well-stocked makerspace and encourages students to identify real-world school problems and use STEM to create solutions. Educators from the school described the program in a recent SmartBrief webinar and talked about the school's quarterly, tech-free Day of Play.

Lessons in empathy often are taught with a focus on the individual, rather than the collective community, writes teacher Ka'ua Adams. In this commentary, Adams suggests strengthening these lessons by shifting individual activities to collective ones and focusing on care instead of skills.

Given past research and present COVID learning gaps, district leaders may want to evaluate current middle school math acceleration programs.