This week’s question-of-the-week is: What are your “go-to” instructional strategies and tools for making a virtual classroom work? Most Classroom Q & A columns begin with some comments from me, ...

In a March 13 executive order on school closures, Gov. Gavin Newsom stated that school districts and charter schools should continue to deliver “high-quality educational opportunities to the extent ...

EdSource · A University of California in the heart of farm country aims to attract more students One does not have to look hard to find evidence that when you close schools due to a pandemic, students ...

The coronavirus pandemic and school closures across the nation have exposed deep inequities within education: technology access, challenges with communication, lack of support for special education ...

The key to creating active learning environments lies not in any one strategy, but in shifting our focus from teaching to learning. Instead of asking yourself, “What am I going to teach today?” ask, ...

As summer transitions to fall, millions of students began the new school year the same way they ended the last: physically separated from the teachers and staff who are crucial to their academic ...

Active learning teaching strategies in K-12 education encompass dynamic approaches that engage students in the classroom learning process, fostering deeper understanding and retention. When we examine ...

Nancy Bitenc’s 7-year-old son spends most of a typical school day in an autism room at Benjamin E. Mays Elementary. Diagnosed with severe autism, cognitive disabilities and ADHD, his individualized ...

Discussion is a large part of teaching and learning. We want to see and hear our learners engaged in conversations about the course content, making connections to their lives or to other aspects of ...

Trauma-informed teaching cannot be simplified to cookie-cutter practices. Take this example: a teacher worked with a student to develop a silent signal that he could use when he needed extra breaks ...

Active learning puts students at the center of the learning process by encouraging them to engage, reflect, and apply what they’re learning in meaningful ways. Rather than passively receiving ...