The new “question-of-the-week” is: How can classroom walls be used most effectively? All of us teachers have walls in our classroom. And a quick look at some teachers’ Instagram accounts will show you ...

In 2009, when I began my first of teaching, I taught in a school without walls. I was at Malcolm X Elementary School (MXES), an imposing cement box centrally located in Washington DC’s most violent ...

What differentiates the Mayfield Innovation Center from traditional classrooms is evident not just in the virtual reality technology, the 3-D printers or the open architecture that make the two-floor, ...

In itself, the yard sign is no more controversial than any other bearing an upbeat motto of school spirit: “You Belong. You Matter. We Are All Southern Lehigh.” But when one of the signs ended up on ...

Like many school social workers, Cassandra Klein has an office stocked with snacks, clothing, socks, coats, gloves and other essentials students might reach for throughout the day. She even has ...

TRINITY -- It's 7 a.m. -- "rise and shine" time -- and in the rustic cabins scattered in the woods near Lake Livingston, drowsy Houston fifth-graders gingerly climb from their bunks to greet the ...

(This is the final post in a three-part series. You can see Part One here and Part Two here.) For teachers, classroom walls are the ultimate multi-purpose tool. All it takes to take full advantage of ...