Learning to play a musical instrument or to sing has ripple effects in other areas of academic achievement including language and reading, according to new research in the Journal of Neuroscience.

A 5th-grade teacher discovers the value of using artifacts in the classroom during lessons.

Do you count down the minutes at work or leave feeling defeated? Here are some tips about teaching that they didn’t teach you in college.

It’s important to consider which technology-based procedures to have in place and what technology-based projects you’d like to pursue as part of your preparation to make sure you start the new school year off on a good note.

Students who believe that they will have to teach material to others remember more information than students who are told that their learning will be measured by a test, according to new research.

Technology offers powerful visual and audio resources for students who may have limited or no English skills.

When I was in high school, my 10th-grade English teacher at Edward R. Murrow, Lou Frederick, changed the way I perceived the world. Frederick did this through a system called the “Deep Board,” which captivated our interests while doubling as a tool of positive reinforcement for our deep thoughts.

Four philanthropic foundations worked in concert to orchstrate the large growth in charter school networks, a new study has found.

With our society’s increasing reliance on technology, writing and publishing have become immediate and public. Students no longer have to write only for an audience of one.

Elementary school students spend as much as 29 percent of their time “off-task” during the school day. The researchers found that the amount of time varies depending on the type of instructional activity in which students are engaged.