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Giving students chances to make classroom decisions and manage discussions guides them to take agency in their learning.
A growth mindset suggests that every brain can become measurably more sophisticated, with effort. Educators that cultivate a growth mindset, rather than a fixed mindset, have students who are more likely to put forth effort, view mistakes or failures as an opportunity to learn, and persevere through difficult times.
Giving students chances to make classroom decisions and manage discussions guides them to take agency in their learning.
When students have a teacher for more than one year, they benefit academically and behaviorally, a new working paper shows.
Communities must consider the wraparound services — mental health counseling, food banks, etc., may be needed in order to promote accelerated learning in students.
Classroom walls don’t have to be Instagram-worthy so long as they display the right information and allow students to shine.
Many stressors in education are out of teachers’ control, but there are some steps they can take to keep stress in check.
An occupational therapist offers a series of calming whole-body exercises for students to do as a class throughout the school day.
Research shows that hope is a measurable, learnable skill—and to feel hopeful, students and teachers have to work at it.
This think piece is from Rick Hess, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and the director of the think tank’s Education Policy Studies. This piece focuses on student
Elementary schoolchildren who took mindfulness training two times a week for two years slept an average of 74 extra minutes a night, a new study found.
In response to the significant decrease in student motivation during the past two challenging years, many educators have chosen to explore different means to promote engagement – including rewards.