This article highlights five K-12 education trends to watch for in 2020. They include additional changes in assessments and balancing student safety with their privacy.

An early life full of neglect, deprivation and adversity leads to people growing up with smaller brains, a study suggests.

Two recent studies from EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research find that a majority of college students and faculty prefer learning that is mostly or completely face-to-face - rather than online. Most, however, indicated they were in favor of some sort of blended approach, in which learning takes place in person and online.

According to research, nurturing prosocial behaviors may improve academic outcomes—both classroom grades and test scores.

A change in a prompt can influence how a student responds thinks. A study found that using a problem-based curriculum can help students develop their own hypotheses and take risks — all signs of deeper-level learning.

Lual Mayen grew up in a camp in Uganda. Now he's the award-winning CEO of a game development company in Washington, D.C., that has just released 'Salaam' — a game about refugees and peace.

It's time for educators to ditch deficit-based thinking and instead focus on the strengths of immigrant students, writes Jessica Lander in this month's Educational Leadership. Here, she provides several concrete strategies teachers and schools can use to honor immigrant students' assets, while still providing rigorous English language instruction.

Transitioning from elementary school principal to room parent opened up a new perspective on what it means to lead a school.

Understanding students’ lives can help teachers foster a sense of belonging and ensure that all students feel respected and challenged.

Paul Kirschner och Mirjam Neelen förklarar vad “hjärnträning” är, varför det inte fungerar och hur vi ska lär oss att undvika “hjärnbaserade dumheter”.

Trees for Cities, one of the four groups we are supporting in the 2019 charity appeal, helps schools in deprived areas create inspiring green spaces.

Guest blogger Erika Johnson: As a teacher, I like to bring in foods that are unknown to my students. But until recently, I did not fully grasp the inequities around food and food education in our nation.