Small groups of committed teachers can drive change, says Adam Alvarez in the latest Confronting Inequity column in Educational Leadership. Teacher leaders not only are able to support overburdened administrators, but also have insight into their colleagues' concerns and are well positioned to respond to students' varied needs.

Teachers at a school in Brooklyn, N.Y., for students in sixth through 10th grades aim to focus on learners' strengths. The school, where about 30% of students have special needs, focuses on personalized learning and small-group instruction, an approach that educators say helps to eliminate the stigma of receiving extra support.

Shedding light on what it really takes to build a highly expert cadre of mathematics teachers.

Students who attend a K-8 school with a principal who participated in the New Leaders' Aspiring Principals program more likely were to have higher math and English-language arts scores, according to a study by RAND. About 3,200 educators in 30 cities in the US have completed the program.

School leaders could see all their students ascend to new heights of academic achievement and find their jobs de-stressed and joyful if they focused on only the one or two most urgently needed instructional initiatives. Mike Schmoker makes the "case for less" in the latest issue of Educational Leadership magazine.

In New York City’s highly segregated school system, some schools are embracing diversity through mastery-based learning.

No. And high schools shouldn’t treat it that way.

Världens ungdomar är historiens hittills största generation. Tyvärr är deras hälsomässiga situation utmanande. I en studie i tidskriften the Lancet har man har undersökt utvecklingen i 195 länder under perioden 1990–2016. Resultaten visar på bland annat en ökning av övervikt och fetma, som nu drabbar en femtedel av världens ungdomar.

Many elite colleges have committed to enrolling more low-income students. But, a new book argues, their efforts at inclusivity still fall short.

For many kids, sitting still all day in school is a big challenge, which is why movement breaks are good practice, whether it's in elementary school or high school. Additionally, learning science shows us that movement activates the brain and improves cognition.

Korey Barkley, a middle-school Spanish teacher in Massachusetts, helps students love to learn by adopting strategies that make it fun. In this commentary, Barkley shares four approaches, including playing games, offering more choices and scheduling brain breaks.

More than half of elementary students' reading lives take place while teachers work with other children. In literacy professor Lindsey Moses' work to support differentiated instruction, she hears one common question: "What are the rest of my students doing while I am running small groups?" Facilitate meaningful engagement for young readers with practices to guide…