Persistent chatter at the back of the lecture hall can be distracting when educators are trying to teach – and difficult to quell. Obviously, on-topic dialogue is often necessary, especially during ...

CALLING. ALL KIDS SPECIAL SERIES. AND IT COMES AS NO SURPRISE EACH OF THESE STUDENTS HAS A CELL PHONE. THEY’VE SHARED HOW THEY USE IT FOR SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE ROLE IT PLAYS SOCIALLY OVERALL IN THEIR ...

Clarification: This story has been updated to better reflect the nature of former President Donald Trump’s McDonald’s campaign visit. Every afternoon this fall, a tight-knit group of six students and ...

Trying to get students to pay attention these days can feel like a real challenge. So many things pull their focus, right?

When it was her turn to host all her fellow middle school math teachers, her boss and her boss’s boss to observe one of her eighth grade math classes at Evergreen Middle School in Hillsboro last month ...

Sixth-grade U.S. history teacher Andrew Waller flashed a photo of a slice of pizza covered in pineapple chunks onto the screen. The class of preteens blurted-out opinions of the controversial pizza ...

As educators, we intentionally create spaces for students to build trust. We accomplish this by setting expectations, presenting carefully crafted relevant activities, and offering them choices (Burns ...

W hen Tammy Nguyen took an anatomy course at Evergreen Valley College last spring, her professor made sure that the students in her lab section got to know each other. Jennifer Kurushima, a biology ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated Jimmy Gallivan’s age and grade. He is 16, and a junior. For teenagers, talking about the election can feel a little taboo, said Jimmy ...

I first noticed something was off on the first day of class. I had given my students in my “Sociology of American Jewish life” course at Tulane University blank index cards, asking them to write five ...