The idea behind project-based learning is that students can apply academic concepts to real-world problems. But more traditional styles of instruction — like math and literacy — still happen at the Portfolio School.

A Michigan school district is changing teaching and learning for the better by redesigning classrooms, says Steve Laatsch, assistant superintendent of instructional services for Saline Area Schools. In this interview, he shares how the spaces and technology - including Chromebooks and materials from Discovery Education - support deeper learning.

Det har gått åt tusentals tennisbollar för att minska ljudvolymen i klassrummen på Axonaskolan. Men det är det värt. Bollarna är gratis.

After recognizing that he and his students lacked global awareness, third-grade teacher Michael Dunlea says he found ways to engage students in the world around them and curb classroom isolation. In this blog post, he shares five strategies he adopted, including using online platforms to connect with scientists and engaging with virtual classroom partners and…

Man skapar inte en fungerande arbetsmiljö i skolan genom bestraffning, skriver lärarstudenten Ronja Koman, som har egna erfarenheter av att skolpersonal använde cayennepeppar och tabasco på tungan, som bestraffning mot svordomar. Istället krävs att lärare och elever bemöter varandra på ett respektfullt sätt.

Skolledare och andra chefer utsätts för nätmobbning. Det var ett överraskande resultat i forskaren Rebecka Cowen Forssells avhandling om nätmobbning i arbetslivet. Nu vill hon gå vidare för att arbeta fram metoder hur man kan förebygga digitala kränkningar.

Adopting a practice of meditation and mindfulness can help leaders be more aware of what team members need and practice a "culture of service" approach to coaching them, writes John Baldoni, with advice from business professor and researcher Gretchen Spreitzer. "Seldom is the workplace a solo endeavor, so mindfulness needs to be both inward and…

Active shooter drills at schools could harm the psychological development of young students, asserts Melissa Reeves, a professor at Winthrop University and former president of the National Association of School Psychologists. In this interview, she describes how the drills can potentially trigger students who have experienced trauma and suggests schools practice lockdown procedures instead.

As teen suicide rates surged in La Plata County, Colo., Mountain Middle School decided to ban cell phones on campus. The school has been phone-free for seven years, and administrators say the ban has encouraged students to talk to each other and focus more clearly.

The U.S. Secret Service said in a report released on Thursday that many of the mass shootings at schools from 2008 to 2017 could have been prevented.

This report builds on 20 years of NTAC research and guidance in the field of threat assessment by offering an in-depth analysis of the motives, behaviors, and situational factors of the attackers, as well as the tactics, resolutions, and other operationally-relevant details of the attacks. (pdf)

During school it used to be the case that if you misbehave in class, you get sent to see the head teacher or perhaps given detention. But teachers in West Berkshire schools are now being told punishment shouldn't be their first response. They're using so called therapeutic learning, which is designed to look at the…