Assessing student learning effectively is often complicated by relying on ambiguous proxies such as grades, quiz scores, or assumptions about students' internal states, such as what they feel, think, ...

The September 2024 active shooter attack that four dead at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia illustrates again how tragic a school incident involving guns can be and how quickly the news and ...

An analysis of a year of Florida school threat assessment data shows that the practice, designed to intervene before students act on threatening behavior, has been “widely, but not uniformly, ...

Student behavior problems continue to plague schools, and educators say they’ve actually grown more serious, according to a recent survey by the EdWeek Research Center. Nearly half of teachers, school ...

Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) are simple, low-pressure ways to check how well students are understanding the material. These methods are efficient, student-centered strategies that provide ...

Capstone courses integrate knowledge, concepts, and skills associated with an entire sequence of study in a program. This method of assessment is unique because the courses themselves become the ...

A new mobile tool from Panorama Education allows teachers to track student behavior and feedback, potentially informing how they respond to misbehavior. The COVID-19 pandemic has flipped the education ...

Schools are struggling with emotional and behavioral issues among young children affected by the pandemic and opioid epidemic. A new policy in West Virginia gives teachers a process for removing ...

As a new school year begins, teachers want to make sure it is a positive experience for students. A big part of that comes down to behavior. “Dysregulated students become kids who hate school, and I ...