Adolescents crave purpose and autonomy—a set of classroom jobs can help. When Meredith Howard asks her incoming middle schoolers whether they had classroom jobs in elementary school—tasks like line ...

A group of New Haven Academy freshmen leaned over their desks, closely reading a short passage of text to try to understand not just what characters said — but also what their body language ...

A former full-time teacher and principal describes how she works to keep engagement high and learning fun when she is substituting.

Group of tired school kids feeling bored while sitting in the classroom during the lecture. [W]hat is often overlooked is that some of the most transformative benefits of physical activity happen in ...

Asking students to dissect the motivations of a character in a book is doing more than teaching them about plot and characterization. This exercise also helps students learn to see different ...

L ectures are boring. Assignments are busy work. And all of that tuition is for this? When Justin Shaffer hears these kinds of complaints from students, he thinks they have a point. He also thinks ...