At some point in their career, every teacher will find themselves having a difficult discussion with their students. My first took place not long after I began teaching. It involved one of my students ...

It’s a scene that’s played out in K-12 schools around the country in recent years. Unprompted, a student expresses her ...

Penn State's Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Education Initiative offers training for K-12 educators to effectively teach difficult issues not typically covered in curriculums, such as Middle ...

Every teacher has their stories of students who are difficult to deal with and teach. There's a fine line between keeping control of the class and responding emotionally, however. Typically, teachers ...

In my early years as a teacher, I would read teaching books desperately looking for bulleted lists and numbered paragraphs. I sought out gray boxes at the end of chapters with a “Try This” heading. I ...

It’s trickier than ever for teachers to manage class discussions of divisive topics—but it’s also crucial for students to learn and practice how to disagree respectfully, logically, and productively.

This story is reported by South Dakota News Watch, a non-profit news organization. Find more in-depth reporting at www.sdnewswatch.org. A shortage of substitutes to fill in for full-time teachers is ...

In addition to asking public K-12 teachers about issues they see at their school, we asked how much each of the following is a problem among students in their classroom: Some challenges are more ...

I was traveling in the days immediately following Oct. 7, 2023, and consequently had my TA teaching my doctoral research methods class that week. When I returned the following week, I started the ...