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The Value of Behavior Commerce: Rethinking How We Support Emotional Growth in Schools

After 25 years in special education classrooms, I’ve learned something our current education system doesn’t always want to admit: the most important work students do each day often goes unseen.

Beyond Grades: Empowering Student Learning Through Self-Assessment

What if the problem isn’t just how students respond to feedback, but how we deliver it? What if, instead of handing out scores, we gave students the opportunity—and the space—to reflect on their learning?

Giving Conflict Back: The Secret to Effective Restorative Practices

Here’s how I restored an elementary school’s staff culture from a feud 20 years in the making (with help from a 1970s criminologist).

From Crafts to Curriculum: Why Playful Learning Isn’t Just for Kids

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?

Navigating Challenges and Charting a Path Forward for DEI in Urban Education

For urban educators and students—who often deal with deep-rooted inequities every day—the effort to promote equity and inclusion must continue.

National Mathematics Day: A Joyful Celebration of Numbers and Numeracy

Every year on December 22nd, India celebrates National Mathematics Day. This day has become an opportunity for schools across the country to spark curiosity, reduce fear, and make math an enjoyable subject for students.

In 2026, Career Readiness Can’t Be Someone Else’s Job

When many students graduate, they cross the stage with a diploma in hand and a question they’re not prepared to answer: What comes next?

Protecting Adolescents from the Risks of Social Media: Is a Ban the Solution?

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?

New Study Addressing Teacher Departures Probes Causes and Possible Solutions

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.

Making High School More Relevant: A Life Skills 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.

Education News

Shakespeare for Today: Inspiring a New Generation of Fans Through This Reimagined Collection

“All the World’s Your Stage” offers an accessible, diverse, and visually stunning approach to Shakespeare’s most iconic plays.

Unlock a Treasure Trove of Classical Literature Through Reading with Jimmy

Reading with Jimmy brings the classics to life by showing the text and reading it with comprehensive out-loud analysis.

For Canadian Students, a Career-Focused Degree Could Mean Heading to the U.K.

New research reveals that 83% of students value job experience above all, prompting more to choose U.K. degrees built with career outcomes in mind.

As Temperatures Rise, Math Scores Drop

The effect of heat waves on schools has become an urgent issue, with news stories on schools closing due to extreme heat becoming more and more common.

Mindset Matters: 4 Metaphors to Shift Your Thinking About ADHD

Later this month, my book, “An Educator’s Guide to ADHD,” will be released into the world. Structured in two parts, the book invites educators to explore how they can better understand and support students with ADHD.

Classroom Perspectives

Crazy COVID Chronicles: Reflecting on a Year of Pandemic Teaching

The height of the pandemic brought many moments of upheaval and uncertainty, but amidst the tensions, there were also moments of laughter.

Teacher Presence: Essential for Learning or Just a Buzzword?

When you have a teacher who has presence, students are impacted in ways that positively affect the class. But what exactly is teacher presence?

5 Ways to Incorporate Mindfulness with Your Students

Now is the perfect opportunity for teachers and students to develop consistent mindfulness practices, together.

Everything Is Awe-some: Showing Young Students the Power of Awe

The topic of awe couldn’t be more timely. I’ve never seen such an urgent need to address social-emotional issues in and out of the classroom as I do now.

Leading Our School’s First (and Last) Justice Committee

When my principal asked if I would like to lead our school’s new Justice, Inclusion, and Belonging Committee, I was both surprised and delighted.

Why I Became a Middle School Teacher

Starting to feel slightly worn out in my current role, I wanted to avoid burning out altogether, so decided that it was time for a change.

More than Just Chit-Chat: Teaching Social Studies with Podcasts

In my classes I use a team-structured, project-based approach to teach history and civics. It’s an approach that covers nearly all the bases.

Shaking Up Shakespeare: Digital Tools for Digital Students

Many students dread reading Shakespeare because they think his works have nothing to do with their 21st century interests.

Whose Face Belongs Here? Navigating Race in the World of AI

Teachers need support not only in understanding the tools, but also in managing the ethical, cultural, and emotional complexities that AI brings to the classroom.

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Reading Lists

10 Books About Environmental Conservation for Children and Teens

Inspire students to take action against climate change, plastic pollution, and Earth’s water crisis with these environmental-themed books.

10 Books That Celebrate Queer Voices

As LGBTQ+ rights are increasingly targeted around the world, there’s never been a more crucial time to uplift and celebrate queer stories.

10 Mental Health Books to Share with Your Students

These books offer stories and resources about mental health and well-being, while also shining a spotlight on different mental health conditions.

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Behaviour Management

Dealing with Aggression in the Classroom

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

ADHD: Naughty or Neurological?

For K–12 teachers, children who exhibit the signs of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can present a significant classroom challenge.

Navigating Negativity: Conflict Resolution in the Classroom

Conflict-resolution skills don’t come naturally. They are learned, observed, and practiced. The classroom is a great place to safely work on these skills.

Interrupting and Other “Bad” Class Behaviours

If students are misbehaving in class, there's usually a reason behind that behaviour. It’s an educator’s job to figure out what's going on and find a solution with the student.

The Trials and Tribulations of Substitute Teaching

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

Failure to Communicate: Ending School Violence

What can be done when facing violence in the classroom? There is no one right answer. It often depends on the student and their individual needs.

The Importance of Taking a “PAWS” for Our Students

A wink to our school’s husky mascot, PAWS Time is a highly engaging, weekly enrichment program that allows our students to “pause”: Practice kindness, Always be safe, make Wise choices, and Show respect.

STEM

Minecraft in the Classroom: Ways to Boost Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking

There is a growing community of educators who have adopted Minecraft as a powerful engagement tool in mainstream subjects like math, science, social studies, and even language arts.

How to Manage a Digital Classroom

As we transition from traditional teaching and learning approaches to digital and interactive ones, we need to carefully plan and prepare the learning environment.

6 Fun and Creative Coding Apps for Kids

Here are some apps that can get kids excited about coding from a young age.

Real (and Really Funny) Math

I'm an author of math books, which may sound like a dry job, but that’s exactly why I do it. It’s my goal to show kids that math can be fun (and funny!)

When Learning Gets Itchy: Embracing the Lessons of Outdoor Teaching

Students need to be allowed outside more often, and beyond just the playground—especially in areas where schools are the only green space.

Kid Spark Education Launches Transformative Early Childhood STEM and Literacy Program

New hands-on program helps young learners build curiosity, confidence, and foundational STEM and literacy skills.

Are Teachers Afraid of Technology?

While explaining a login process, a teacher admitted, "We just assume technology will be complicated—and that it’ll fail us."

Don’t Forget to Wonder: Has the Internet Made Knowledge Too Easy?

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 Importance of Teaching Earth Science

Earth science has long been the poor cousin of STEM programs. It takes a back seat to technology and gets short shrift alongside the physical sciences.

Field Trips

10 Children’s Museum Field Trips for In-Person and Online Learning

Children’s museums can be excellent environments to foster creativity and curiosity through hands-on, multi-sensory environments.

Distance Learning: 5 Virtual Zoo Field Trips

For a new twist on a classic school field trip, use these virtual zoo programs to take students on wild journeys through the animal kingdom—all from the comfort of the classroom!

6 Virtual Field Trips About Space and the Night Sky

With the help of these field trips, it’s possible to take students on journeys that are "out of this world" without ever having to leave the classroom.

Physical & Health Education

Get Moving: Helping to Close the Phys Ed. Gap

Although physical education may be on the decline, experts say there are a number of ways for K–12 teachers to help get kids moving.

The Art of Tango: Students Discovering Grace, Discipline, and Connection

Over the past few years, ballroom dance has garnered attention as an entertaining and educational tool that levels the social playing field and carries important life lessons.

Get Students Moving with the Help of These 6 Gymnastics Clubs

Looking for a fun indoor activity to help your students burn off some energy? Look no further than a local gymnastics club!

Myopia in the Classroom

In recent decades, the prevalence of myopia in children and teenagers has skyrocketed, becoming a pressing global health issue.

Cancer in the Classroom: How to Have Candid Health Conversations with Kids

Classroom curriculum doesn’t account for a student’s cancer diagnosis. “My Brave Friend: Emma and Noah Face Cancer Together,” a new book for K–2 students, can help.

Trent University and Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine Launch First-of-its-Kind Double Degree

Students will graduate with both a Bachelor of Arts and Science and a Doctor of Naturopathy degree in this accelerated seven-year pathway.

4 Health and Fitness Apps for Kids

It is important to encourage kids to move and develop an understanding of health and fitness that will carry on into adulthood. Here are some apps that can help.