Teachers can take a step back, talk less and serve as facilitators to help students take more control of their own learning, according to Shannon McGrath, a K-8 instructional coach. In this blog post, McGrath shares strategies, including asking a student to time mini-lessons that are eight- to 10-minutes and using video in instruction.

Utah junior high school principal Mary Bosso says turning around her academically struggling school has been a challenge and requires interventions for students and support for teachers. "They are working hard together for what's best for kids and that's what it takes to turn a school around," Bosso says.

Some children may need a little extra support or a different learning approach to fully benefit from curriculum and instruction, a special education teacher writes.

Gen Z: a generation defined by on-demand smartphone access. Nearly half of Gen Z students say they are online "almost constantly," leaving everyone, especially educators, wondering what impact the prevalence of technology has had on students’ lives and will have on their futures.

Elever från åk 6 som går på Söderkullaskolan i Malmö och läser spanska som modernt språk är med ett internationellt projekt tillsammans med elever i samma ålder från Spanien, Italien och Frankrike. Projektet heter: “Diseña un zoológico”, Designa en djurpark. Projektets mål är att motivera eleverna att sätta i praktik de allra första kunskaper kring…

The U.S. Secret Service said in a report released on Thursday that many of the mass shootings at schools from 2008 to 2017 could have been prevented.

This report builds on 20 years of NTAC research and guidance in the field of threat assessment by offering an in-depth analysis of the motives, behaviors, and situational factors of the attackers, as well as the tactics, resolutions, and other operationally-relevant details of the attacks. (pdf)

Pauliina Maapalo disputerade den 1 november vid Fakultet for samfunns- og utdanningsvitenskap, NTNU, i Trondheim, Norge, med doktorsavhandlingen Øyeblikksbilder fra trearbeidspraksiser. Didaktiske og relasjonelle mulighetsrom for arbeid i materialet tre i kunst- og håndverksfaget.

The Academy for Learning, Literacy & Innovation Excellence is the state's only public school designed for students with dyslexia, with interventions like small group sessions producing higher reading scores by year two.

Starting your teaching career is both exciting and daunting. To set yourself up for long term success, there are a number of things you can start doing now. David Cohen, NBCT, has some tips and tricks that are worth reading no matter where you are in your teaching career.

Some teachers in India are replacing their red pens - particularly when grading younger students' work - with hues that are more pleasant and gentle such as purple, green or blue. School headmistress Preeti Choksi decided to ban the color after seeing how a preschool student with red-covered homework became withdrawn, and now the school…