Listen and learn, the saying goes. But are students and teachers these days fully listening to each other? What, exactly, is good listening, and why does it matter when it comes to learning? Is "close ...

Grand Rapids, MI (WOOD) –20 of the school districts in Kent ISD came together for an event called State of the Student. This event was all about the students of Kent ISD and how school leaders can ...

A lot of teachers give students participation points for speaking up during class discussions. The more students contribute, the more points they get. I’ve heard teachers say this motivates students, ...

A few years ago, as a teacher at a New York City middle school, in Brooklyn, I was administering the listening portion of a standardized test. “Listen,” I read aloud from the teacher’s manual. I ...