A library media specialist shares logistical tips for using a book vending machine to build a strong reading community at your school.

Sound walls guide students to investigate phonemes and make informed choices when they’re unsure how to spell out a sound.

Teachers can ignite students’ enthusiasm for writing with creative assignments based on the books, movies, and TV shows they love.

Teachers need to be "more thoughtful and strategic" with online lessons, because virtual instruction comes with more barriers, instructional technology consultant Lindy Hockenbary said at TCEA conference. Consistency and clarity can cancel out confusion, and creating opportunities for students to build social bonds online is important, Hockenbary said.

Engagement is rebounding as most students have spent most of this school year learning in-person.

The Urban Institute has released teaching resources to help educators teach data science. The resources are tailored to students' grade level and are available for third-grade students through high-school seniors.

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The use of detention to discipline students is ineffective, according to Crystal Frommert, assistant head of middle school in Texas. In this article, Frommert shares several alternatives for educators to consider, including setting up a space for students and others to reflect on root causes of behaviors and learn how to make positive decisions in…

In the last 30 years, a series of innovative findings in neuroscience, metacognition, and learning have inexorably changed how we think about educating students. The notions that learning is individual and contextual, that a student’s opportunity to learn is framed by their life experiences, and that students must be actively engaged to learn at their…

More school districts are adding mental health days into their calendars, with 65 districtwide mental health closures reported by Burbio, a firm that tracks school schedules. Officials say the closures are tied in some cases to staffing shortages but also are aimed at supporting mental health and preventing burnout among students and staff.  

Working to improve communication may help teachers have more say with their school leadership and boost their job satisfaction.

Some degree of unconscious bias often factors into student grading, but David Quinn, an assistant professor at the University of Southern California's Rossier School of Education, says there are strategies to help ease its effect.