School districts across the country have launched tip lines to allow students to anonymously report information about potential school attacks via phone, websites and apps, but some districts are receiving more tips about possible teen suicides. In Oregon, a state police-run school safety tip line has received 540 reports of a student who is suicidal…

Number of pupils with autism spectrum disorders in mainstream public schools is up from 2,050 in 2010 to 8,710 in 2018. One programme is helping teachers, carers and students to adapt.

What clicker training means for how we learn.

There should be greater focus on teacher wellbeing in schools, according to Tara Porter, a clinical psychologist in the NHS and private practice. In this commentary, she suggests the potential value of reflective practice groups to help curb teachers' work stress.

Scholars in the field of conflict resolution in schools theoretically argued that minor distractions and disturbances are conflicts. In the present study, we refer to them as emerging conflicts. The study has been carried out within the phenomenographic research tradition and used semi-structured interviews. (pdf)

The aims of the study were to map and identify the foundation of relevant knowledge production in the field of approaches to address conflicts in schools and provide an empirical overview of its interdisciplinary roots, influential authors, intellectual boundaries, complexity, core theories, key methodologies, and disputed aspects. (pdf)

Det kræver tydelig ledelse, hvis en arbejdsplads skal nedbringe volds- og trusselsniveauet, viser ny forskning, som også inddrager specialskoler. Ledelsen skal sørge for, at medarbejderne både har en fælles forståelse af problemet, og af hvordan de skal håndtere det.

Brains affected by autism appear to share a problem with cells that make myelin, the insulating coating surrounding nerve fibers that controls the speed at which the fibers convey electrical signals.

Eva-Lotta Hultén, journalist och författare, har besökt en skola utanför Barcelona som utmanar kunskapspyramider och ämnesgränser.

Three ninth-grade algebra teachers in Minnesota are working together to help students overcome math anxiety and improve their skills and performance to meet state education standards. The teachers share lessons, homework assignments and resources, and take turns making daily videos reviewing the concept taught that day, so students can watch as many times as they…

In one year, ninth-graders learn two to three times as much math as their peers.

Psychologist and author Michael Reichert has found that boys learn better when they have a genuine relationship with their teacher.