Classroom management is paramount to effective teaching. It sets the stage for a productive learning environment where students can thrive academically, socially, and emotionally. The psychology ...

Micah Castelo is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K-12. Her experience includes education and community news coverage for the Syracuse Post-Standard and international news reporting for the Pulitzer ...

Millions of classrooms throughout the U.S. and internationally have begun adopting computerized apps (e.g., ClassDojo) to provide students with rewards and punishments as a part of classroom ...

At Lakewood Elementary, fourth- and fifth-grade students are reading a book and discussing the plot. One of the students suddenly raises a flag: He is keeping track of how long kids have been sitting ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What is the biggest classroom-management mistake you ever made, and what did you learn from it? We teachers make lots of mistakes, and it’s not unusual for us to make ...

In classroom learning, educators face multifaceted challenges in managing classrooms effectively. These include maintaining student engagement, addressing diverse learning needs, and fostering a ...

January 29, 2026 - In 1985, Merryl Goldberg went to the Soviet Union and met The Phantom Orchestra. To help them she made up a secret code, hidden in sheet music. It doesn’t get the attention that ...