Can unicycles serve an important educational purpose? Are there good pedagogical reasons for learning to ride them?

Blending art and biology through hands-on paper-folding activities is a fun and unique way to engage students at the elementary level.

As the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide approached in April 2014, I took it as an opportunity to teach my students about this horrific and tragic event.

While teaching a Western Civilization course to high school students, I found a unique opportunity to introduce the topic of critical thinking along with the subject matter.

I am Teacher. I can wear fifteen different hats on my head and not one of them from the same shop.

“I went into teaching so that I could help children perform well on standardized testing,” said no teacher, ever.

Do you remember the first time you entered the school library as a child? I do. There were books everywhere.

It's nice to think of the Internet as a wonderful invention that has made our lives both richer and more efficient. It's a nice notion and it's an accurate one—the Internet has changed our lives for the better. We can now communicate with people from all four corners of the globe. We can share, swap, and gain as much knowledge as we could ever want or need. There are no negatives associated with instant knowledge—or are there?

The first six weeks of a new school year are essential. In middle school classrooms, those weeks are not just a warm-up. Rather, they are the foundation on which the entire school year is built.