Many stressors in education are out of teachers’ control, but there are some steps they can take to keep stress in check.

Some experts suggest it's time to rethink the long-standing practice of withholding recess as a punishment for elementary-school students. Data suggests recess benefits children's development, and some states are considering passing laws to protect it, while some are criticizing efforts to eliminate a tool they say helps teachers discipline students.

Leik er i læreplanar og i måldokument. Men etter årevis med fokus på læremål og fagkunnskapar har han dårlege kår, meiner mange. Lærar Emmy Haugen er ein av fleire som kjempar for leiken sin plass.

Low expectations and a focus on deficits in math - from both students and schools - are the biggest obstacle to equity in the subject, Twana Young, vice president of curriculum and instruction at the Mind Research Institute, asserts in this commentary. Turning origami fun into a fractions lesson and embracing the "sometimes you take…

Teachers can help students take more agency for their learning without the classroom descending into chaos, writes National Board Certified Teacher Paul Emerich France. In this article, France shares strategies to accomplish this, including creating a sense of mastery and allowing students to evaluate their own work.

Virtual reality can be integrated into classroom lessons to promote students' learning gains, writes Michelle Wendt, technology integrationist.  

K-12 schools needn't hire specialized teachers to provide computer science lessons, asserts Andrea Huff, career and STEM Academy director.  

Strengthening community bonds in elementary school can start with simple ideas like celebrating personal and academic milestones.

Teachers can use a variety of tools to help students become comfortable with receiving, incorporating, and giving feedback.

The metaverse is the latest tech frontier, with Facebook and other tech giants rushing to build a parallel social and professional universe in virtual and augmented reality. And plenty of schools and colleges are wondering: Will this new realm work for education?

Data linkage, assessing information from over 113,000 teenagers in South London, addresses important gaps in research on the mental health and socio-economic risk factors for self-harm.

Middle-school students performed better on a test after learning a lesson on climate science via virtual reality than students who learned using standard video and a computer screen, according to a study co-authored by education-technology researcher Richard Mayer. Mayer and his colleagues assert that the findings show the promise of VR and the metaverse in…