Create a more positive classroom culture by focusing on and praising the behaviors you want to see from students.

In May 2025, New York governor Kathy Hochul announced a “bell to bell” restriction on the use of cellphones in K–12 schools. This was an admirable policy decision, because it acknowledged the enormous ...

These four hands-on activities guide students to explore how their attention and memory function and how that impacts ...

The teacher says my son sometimes has trouble focusing, but it’s only in one class, and when he describes the class, it sounds like there are a lot of distractions outside his control. My question is: ...

Hannah Tanguay was on a mission to teach her Fair Haven School first-graders two different definitions of the class’s newest vocabulary word: “store.” She had a trick up her sleeve to keep her ...

Nowadays, many students have behavioral difficulties: lack of concentration, limited autonomy, incessant chatter, etc. What if part of the solution lay in the ergonomics and layout of a classroom?

A superintendent in Schuylkill County is getting national attention for his plan to protect students if an intruder breaks into a classroom. A day after our story about Blue Mountain School District ...

Do smartphones subtly interfere with the student’s ability to concentrate in class? According to a study from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, frequent phone checking is associated with ...

Dr. Monica Wendel of the University of Louisville was working with researchers from Texas A&M on controlling obesity in children. In an experiment conducted over the summer, they removed the sit-down ...

I’ve been swimming a lot recently — and, no, thankfully not in Brodie. This behavior has perplexed me, as it’s not because I enjoy swimming (I don’t) or that I’m particularly good at it (I’m not). But ...