Virginia elementary-school principal Anna Isley says building leadership skills of teachers can help boost retention rates and improve student performance. Isley, who began her career as a teacher, says connecting with other teachers in her first year set her on the path to success.

A new app called Goya can dramatically reduce the amount of smartphone distractions in the classroom, but parents have to play an active role, its founders say. Goya, an acronym that stands for "Get Off Your Apps," lets parents disable apps on their child's device during specific hours of the day.

Fear of failure can prevent students from showing what they know on big tests—but a 10-minute writing exercise can help.

Teachers value technology tools to boost student engagement in the classroom, but they do not see evidence in technology enhancing the quality of student work, deepening student collaborations or students' skill development, according to a report from Project Tomorrow.

Leaders who use a moderate amount of charisma and act with authenticity and accountability while remaining curious to learn more are the most effective, writes Alaina Love. She provides an example of what this kind of leadership looks like in action by describing how a CEO took responsibility for the frustrations managers were feeling.

A survey sheds light on frequent issues and positive strategies to help students with math.

Using a backchannel tool to allow students to anonymously ask questions increased the number of questions college students asked during class, according to a review. Data show the tool was effective for some groups of students, who said they felt uncomfortable asking questions during class, including female students and first-generation college students.

Tydlighet, struktur och ett tätt kollegialt samarbete – det är något av det musik- och engelskaläraren Heidi Uddeskog tog fasta på när hon jobbskuggade en brittisk pedagog. "Lärarna visste väldigt mycket om varandra och hur de jobbade; och de hade många samarbeten, även mellan olika årskurser", säger hon.

Søren Nivaa blev mødt med skepsis, da han i skoletiden ville træne Dybkær Specialskoles ældste elever i håndbold. Men nu udvikler spillet deres sociale og personlige sider.

Børn med autisme kan have særlige udfordringer i skolen, og det kan føre til langvarigt skolefravær. Opsporing, forebyggelse og tæt samarbejde mellem alle involverede er afgørende faktorer for at sikre børnenes trivsel. Se Socialstyrelsens nye webmateriale med inspiration til det gode skoleliv for børn med autisme.

To prepare students for jobs in STEM fields, the U.S. Department of Education is shining a spotlight on how educators can incorporate technology into their classroom activities.

Many teachers use Legos in the classroom for hands-on STEM exercises, particularly as an enticement to get students who are less confident about their engineering aptitude to give it a try. Middle-school robotics teacher Ian Chow-Miller says he likes using Legos -- from the basic blocks to the higher-end robotics kits -- because his students…