Children everywhere start out similar, but culture shapes how sharing, honesty, and cooperation grow over time.

In classrooms across the country, students are mastering their ABCs, solving equations, and diving into science. But one essential life skill–behavior–is not in the lesson plan. For too long, ...

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I am an old-school fourth-grade teacher who has been teaching for 25 years. I’ve always used a behavior chart where students have to pull green, yellow and then a red card when they act up. I try to ...

I teach fourth grade. My question is about putting students in teams. I have been pretty successful at keeping them on the same team all year, as you describe in your book. I am just wondering what ...

How do children learn to cooperate with others? A new cross-cultural study suggests that the answer depends less on universal rules and more on the social norms surrounding the child.

Susie Kelley, a fifth grade teacher at Harry Street Elementary School in Wichita, leads her class in a “Mindfulness Minute” breathing exercise. Educators say they are still seeing the effects of the ...

During the months that Rosalind Crawford’s sons were out of school, on virtual learning for disciplinary reasons, she tried her best to keep them on track academically, but says they still fell behind ...

The DSM-5 changed the diagnostic category for ADHD from "behavioral disorder" to "Neurodevelopmental Disorder." A 2017 research study from the National Center for Learning Disabilities found that 1 in ...

On a simple math task - indicating which of two amounts is greater - kids with math learning disability get the right answer ...