Distraction in the classroom is not always a frustrating irritant, write Eliya Ahmad, a research assistant at the Education Collaboratory at Yale University, and Zi Jia Ng, a licensed child psychologist and certified school psychologist,
Smart schools go beyond technology — natural light, reducing noise and a comfortable temperature are significant factors to make a classroom environment more conducive to learning and teaching, according to SmartBrief. Natural light helps
The “social nature of learning” — shifting from lectures to students exchanging ideas in peer discussions to better collaborate, actively listen, communicate and express perspectives – broadens understanding and gives students ownership of their learning,
Almost all students in a recent survey (94%) want some media literacy instruction in schools, with 57% asserting that schools should “definitely” be required to teach media literacy, according to an article in Education Week.
Artificial intelligence in classrooms is increasingly being used for tutoring support, language translation, checking for plagiarism, verifying student absences, teacher coaching, the administration and scoring of assessments, and other applications, according to an article in
“Long ago, neuroscience proved that human brains are as variable as fingerprints. Everyone is different and learns differently. Until educators begin teaching to that reality, student performance will continue to lag — and far too
As children and adolescents have become increasingly isolated from their support systems at home and at school — exacerbated during the Covid-19 pandemic — they have become more vulnerable to threats such as cyberbullying and
By 2019, more than eight in 10 high school graduates had taken at least one career and technical education course, according to national data reported in a District Administration article. “You don’t have to go
The tools students can use for academic dishonesty have advanced, with greater lost learning consequences, according to an article in Education Next. Students can have entire essays crafted in a keystroke. In online classes, students
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