Classroom Management
Education news, analysis, and opinion about how teachers run their classrooms and manage student conduct during class
Teaching
Opinion
How to Manage Emotional Distress in the Classroom
Four strategies for bringing student-centered instruction to your classroom.
Student Well-Being
Opinion
Middle School Students Face a Trifecta of Challenges. Here's How to Help
Adolescents, often desperately, want to fit into their social groups, and that can sometimes prove harmful.
Ed-Tech Policy
Opinion
Should Teachers Be Allowed to Use Online Tools to Monitor Student Screens?
For some teachers, that's a no-no. Others see the merit in watching their students work in real time.
Curriculum
When It Comes to SEL, Administrators and Teachers See Things Differently
There is a yawning gap between administrators and teachers in how thoroughly they think SEL programs are being put to work in schools.
Teaching
Video
Teachers, Try This: Help Your Students Embrace Boredom
In this classroom, students learn what to do when there’s nothing to do—a vital skill that requires practice to understand and embrace.
Teaching
Opinion
Should Students Be Allowed to Eat in Class? Here's What Teachers Have to Say
Set reasonable rules, but remember: Hungry students can’t concentrate on learning.
Teaching
Opinion
Classroom Cellphone Use Is Fraught. It Doesn't Have to Be
Before you confront students or assume the worst about their phone use, ask them why they are using it. You might be surprised.
School Climate & Safety
What the Research Says
How School Security Changed Since the Pandemic, in 5 Charts
More schools are planning and practicing for emergencies of all kinds.
Teaching
Opinion
Simple Advice for Effective Classroom Management
The five foundations for making your classroom somewhere your students—and you—are excited to be every day.
Teaching
Opinion
New Book Offers Tried-and-True Advice on Classroom Practice
American education has a thing for shiny “innovations," but sometimes sensible, effective advice of experienced teachers is what is best.
Teaching
Opinion
Classroom Management Starts With Student Engagement
Teachers in the know offer reams of advice about tackling one of the toughest tasks facing educators.
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Teaching
Opinion
One Key Classroom-Management Strategy for Middle Schools
A recent study found something very powerful about the value of praise.
Classroom Technology
Letter to the Editor
Personal Cellphones Are Not Instructional Tools
An educator makes the argument that personal devices have no place in instruction in this letter to the editor.