Play is widely acknowledged as essential to children’s learning; but does it have a role for the future teachers who are learning to guide those children as well?

With parents and teachers struggling to monitor how teens interact with social media, the pressure is increasing on governments to act. But is an age ban the best approach?

The integration of practical, relevant life skills into the curriculum not only improves engagement, but also increases emotional well-being and real-world readiness.

We’ve rounded up the best light displays to chase away those winter blues and help you get into the holiday spirit.

When I told my fifth-grade class that they were old enough to take charge of their own learning, something unexpected happened.

On paper, the students I was teaching had a solid grasp of grammar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. Yet, when it came to speaking, they froze.

We don’t have to choose between structure and creativity. The best teaching lives in the in-between, where we follow a script, but we fill it with our stories, our students’ voices, and our classroom rhythms.

Many have lamented the growing teacher shortages across our nation, and for good reason. It is estimated that there are currently more than 49,000 vacancies across the U.S.

How do we prepare students for a world that looks nothing like the one traditional curricula were designed for? Ravi Bhushan, founder of BrightCHAMPS, believes he has part of the answer.

With the growing number of early-onset cases of IBD, educators need to be aware that students in their classrooms may have this disease.

Parents and caretakers are faced with helping their children navigate the digital world. As educators how do we support them?

Student absences are not a new issue in education, and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have only added to this growing problem.

As a teacher, I know it is important to establish and maintain an environment that is positive, tolerant, and supportive for all students.

It seems that when education becomes a less positive experience, school climate suffers, and students become angrier and more confrontational.

I have lost count of the number of times I have been told that rules without relationships lead to rebellion. Yet today, relationships with students seem to be feared instead of embraced. Over the years, quite by accident, I have discovered that this precept from days gone by is critical to classroom rules and to learning itself. Relationships are an essential part of learning, especially relationships between teachers and students.

Many substitute teachers like me can teach a different grade every single day, from K–12. It can be challenging, to say the least.

Bullying is not something that is going to go away. It is something, however, that can be reduced significantly if the right strategies are in place.

This classic game is a great way to break the ice while keeping students active.