Student Wellness
Whether through physical education, health education, or health and nutrition policy within a school, learn about ways to promote and maintain student wellness.
How Schools Can Help the ‘Anxious Generation’ of Students
Banning cell phones, refocusing on play, and involving parents can have a beneficial effect on students’ mental health and well-being.351Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Research-Backed Ways to Support Students Who Stutter
A compilation of evidence-based classroom strategies to help kids who stutter feel welcomed.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.The Sensory Room: Helping Students With Autism Focus and Learn
Imagine a safe space where students with autism can go to calm their bodies and then get back to the business of learning.1MYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Why Teachers Should Grade Less Frequently
Excessive grading stresses out kids and teachers, stifles innovative teaching, and fails to deliver as a true measurement of learning.The Importance of Recess
Recess is often sacrificed to make room for more academics. The research says that’s a big mistake.209.2kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Homework: How Much Is Too Much?
Homework has benefits, but the research is clear: there are real consequences to assigning too much.57.5kYour content has been saved!
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What’s Lost When We Rush Kids Through Childhood
The author of "The Importance of Being Little" on the costs of our collective failure to see the world through the eyes of children.42.9kYour content has been saved!
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Time to Play: More State Laws Require Recess
Unstructured playtime is making a comeback in schools as frustrated teachers, parents, and advocacy groups demand legislative action.46.6kYour content has been saved!
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Schools Are Opening Worldwide, Providing a Model for the U.S.
Children are returning to school in countries that are weeks—or months—ahead of the U.S. in battling Covid-19. Here’s how it’s happening.30.1kYour content has been saved!
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Longer Recess, Stronger Child Development
With an hour-long recess, elementary schools can help children develop through increased creative play, authentic SEL, and adequate physical regulation.43.8kYour content has been saved!
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7 Ways to Maintain Relationships During Your School Closure
Suddenly, you’re not in the same physical space as your students. We asked teachers to share strategies for maintaining relationships—both peer-to-peer and student-teacher—when everything’s gone remote.24.2kYour content has been saved!
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The Role of Emotion Co-Regulation in Discipline
Helping students regain their calm after misbehavior doesn’t mean there are no consequences—it ensures that the right lesson is learned.25.4kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Using Edtech in Service of Human Connections
Teachers and schools are reducing their reliance on digital tools to create more intentional and connected classroom experiences.
6 Ways to Help Students with ODD
Offering kids choices, safe spaces, and positive reinforcement can help teachers avoid problems—or manage them when they arise.15.8kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.We Drastically Underestimate the Importance of Brain Breaks
When it comes to optimizing learning, we don’t value breaks enough, neuroscientists suggest in a new study.10.3kYour content has been saved!
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