Professional learning communities help both new and experienced teachers expand their knowledge.

Finding ways to incorporate the first languages of EAL students into your lessons can provide a learning boost for the whole class, finds Megan Dixon, doctoral student and associate lecturer.

These models move beyond Socratic seminars to provide students with authentic, engaging class discussions.

Recent articles are shining light on the "herculean job" that teachers do to build the circuits in students' brains to help them learn to read and how delays in diagnosing dyslexia also delay needed interventions to help make those connections in the brain, writes J. Richard Gentry, an author and literacy expert.

Creating a positive attitude toward math requires battling anxiety as much as mastering math skills, says cognitive scientist and incoming Dartmouth College President Sian Beilock, author of "Choke."  

Connections and trust between teachers and students are dependent upon two-way communication, writes Kelly Owen, a veteran teacher and literacy interventionist who works with middle-schoolers.

The children and young people of today are growing up in uncertain times as the effects of global climate change begin to permeate their everyday lives and communities. At the same time, these young people are often positioned as the next generation of leaders who will potentially overcome the legacies of climate and environmental inaction.

Developing an understanding of the importance of living more sustainably and possessing an awareness of the interconnectedness of our world is no doubt the greatest educational challenge of our time. Yet the solutions need not be as challenging as we fear and could indeed be much simpler than we think.

Et nyt speciale har undersøgt elevers brug og holdninger til Google Translate i fransktimerne. De fleste synes, at det er et godt hjælpemiddel i undervisningen. Det er specialets forfatter enig i - men det kræver, at lærere og elever skal blive bedre til at bruge oversættelsesprogrammer rigtigt. .

Hvordan kommer du igennem skoledagen på trods af lærermangel, inklusionsudfordringer og målkrav? Forskere har undersøgt, hvad der er vigtigt for den enkelte lærers motivation.

When students are encouraged to think deeply about their writing processes, they become better writers.

3 steps for constructive classroom conversations about politics.