Schools can bridge the long-standing gulf between child psychology and classroom practice.

Action to close the achievement gap begins with blunt talk.

Six strategies for starting meaningful community-service projects.

Master teacher Chris Opitz shares resources for integrating social and emotional learning into math class.

Discover a webinar, videos, and research reports targeted at positive messages about appearance.

We've gathered tips from educators about proactive discipline methods. Join the conversation and share your experience about what works.

Schools can foster resilience by focusing on more than just grades.

Proactive ways to prevent the headaches -- and expenses -- caused by parents' complaints.

Routinely asking students to ponder -- deeply and seriously -- what and how they've learned could be the "mind's strongest glue."

The 2008 DesignShare Awards for the best scholastic architecture.

A think tank study on collaborative arts education aims to save endangered programs.

Cornell University's president on why teaching creativity in schools is not a luxury.

Take a behind-the-scenes look at the ins and outs of running an AfterZone.

See the organizational structure for running an after-school AfterZone program.

Learn how to obtain resources and funding for after-school programs.

How adults can help students juggle pregnancy, parenthood, and school.

A vocabulary list of terms used throughout the PASA program-development tutorial.

Students discover what it means to be charitable.

As families struggle to buy food, schools get creative about feeding students.

New scientific findings spell difference, not disability, for struggling readers.

How far should parent involvement in education go?

Separating fact from artifice in Rx ads is a quick lesson in media literacy.

Salem blends schmaltz and scholarship when dealing with its infamous witchcraft trials.

Industry professionals want to help youth avoid the budget mistakes of their elders.

Visual Thinking Strategies blazes a path from artistic inquiry to scholastic achievement.

Cash and prizes boost student performance -- but is the means worth the ends?

Teachers can create moments of calm in the midst of classroom bustle -- and help students learn better.

Character education hones social and emotional skills.

In Macedonia, a radical approach to teaching tolerance brings healing to students who live together but are worlds apart.

Teachers can integrate powerful lessons from the multiage classroom into their single-grade classroom.

In the hardscrabble farmlands of rural India, dance and song help build pride for impoverished children.

Roll over, dodgeball. Bold new activities put the fizz back in phys ed.

Garrison Keillor brings stanza and sonnet to life with the Writer's Almanac radio show.

When a teacher takes a stand against plagiarism, the ensuing showdown can be painful.

A hip and homespun podcast about sex education is a hit with teens.

Autistic students in the Stepping Stone preschool program get the best of both worlds.

Handheld technology gives autistic students a learning boost -- and a social one.

As the number of special-needs students soars, schools grapple with ways to offer high-quality education without going broke.

Helping students develop a sense of self will ultimately help them to better manage their emotions, communicate, and resolve conflicts nonviolently.

With a presidential election on the horizon, teaching about our country takes on new importance.

One man's simple plan to expand worldwide literacy, thousands of libraries at a time.

A mile high in the Tyrolean Alps, a tiny school uses technology to reach out to the wider world -- and sheer pluck to keep teaching alive.

In the Ugandan countryside, dedicated educators bring the printed word to students desperate for access to the wider world.

Gay students seek protection from bullies.

A dim economic future lies ahead for high school dropouts and their communities.

A controversial flood-control plan in the fabled city portends similar problems worldwide.

A former inner city teacher reflects on a devil's bargain.

Across the nation, powered by hope and supported by their teachers, students are helping scientists and others committed to protecting the environment. They use math and science skills, as well as keen eyes and patience, to collect data vital to understanding and healing the natural world. Join an existing project, or create one of your own.

Environmental leader Bill McKibben discusses grassroots solutions to climate change, and how to involve our children in the process.

The terrifying consequences of climate change can spur student action, and not just despair.

Calculate your impact on the climate and learn how to tread lightly.

Turn fear to hope and action when discussing climate change with the next generation.

Disabled teachers bring a unique perspective to the classroom.

How the dedication of one teacher helped a child learn to love education.

The wounds cyberbullies cause can run deep.

The Smithsonian editor learns in the marines that he could go the distance.

The scramble to get kids to return to high school is on.

We can't thank you enough, but we'll try.

Edutopia readers weigh in on their favorites.

Edutopia readers weigh in on their favorites.

Students around the planet save the planet.

In the age of cyberbullying, a Stone Age tormentee looks back.

Kids don't have to squirm to learn.

A dynamic online program brings puppets (and play) to the classroom.

National Public Radio reporter Claudio Sánchez seeks out small trenches to tell the big stories of public education.

Encouragement, learning, and teaching should always be interwoven.

Today's over-scheduled kids could use some true play time.

Higher philosophical thinking through drama.

Evoking a personal style that is part saucy, part proper, and totally brilliant.

Students need to increase their global awareness.

For one veteran photographer, all the world's a learning experience.

In the frenetic Mideast, Israel's schools have developed a new approach to ADHD.

A teacher explores the concept and methods of cooperative learning.

Reminder of an accurate portrayal of an inner city school.

Security work is social work at a Boston-area high school.

Children learn they hold an important place in this world, and that they can make a difference.

A teenage Kimi Kean felt no connection with school. Now she runs one.

This school's Community Circle builds much more than a sense of community.

Do emotionally intelligent students have a leg up?

In every wounded child, there is a beautiful chord waiting to be played.

Edutopia readers weigh in on their favorites.

Introducing the Daring Dozen of 2006.

As gaming devices supplant games of catch, schools counter nature-deficit disorder with outdoor experiences.

Thoughts on childhood obesity.

Let's learn how to put a stop to it.

Yoga lessons enhance fitness, focus, and school success.

Teaching often includes a little bit of parenting.

Between media companies and extremists, kids are being forced into one mold or the other.

But if kids don't leave their desks, how will they connect what they learn in school with the outside world?

The first day of school offers new hope for old dreams.

The class clown can ruin the mood to learn, but with a little understanding and a riff of your own, you can stop these jokesters from bouncing off the walls.

Hope for autistic children comes from an unlikely source.

Telling a joke to the class -- or letting a student play stand-up comic -- is a fast way to connect with the heart.

Move the chairs to open their minds.

Use your scull.

The benefits -- and a few bummers -- of quitting caffeine.

Lawmakers buckle down about buckling up.

With a little pre-planning, it's easy to have nutritious, high-energy snacks and lunches at work -- or just about anywhere.

The effect of bullying goes beyond simple schoolyard scuffles to cause lasting emotional wounds.

Progressive secondary school programs focus on personalized education, development of self-esteem, and cultivation of learning and life skills.

First Amendment Schools put the Constitution to work.

A middle school program helps keep students from being left behind and left despondent.

Placing students in smaller groups at this Wisconsin high school has fostered a sense of community among its students.

Twelve techniques, alone or in combination, can have a profound impact on student achievement.

The Hudson Public Schools embrace emotional-intelligence activities and approaches as integral features of the school day.

Respected leaders in social and emotional learning offer a review of SEL programs.

How the actions of a coach can be a positive influence on a student's behavior.

School counselors play a critical role in promoting the social and emotional health of students.

When kids find it hard to express themselves out loud, there are tools that can help.

Emotional intelligence and conflict-resolution programs -- difficult to find in schools five years ago -- are now thriving in educational institutions across the country and around the world.

The Resolving Conflict Creatively Program strives to instill empathy and positive values in children.

New Haven Public Schools emphasizes socialization on a par with academics.

There are many ways parents can encourage emotional intelligent behavior in their children.

Activities and resources to help students develop their emotional intelligence.

What businesses can do to help promote the philosophy of and encourage emotional intelligence in schools.

Social and emotional learning may seem difficult to teach, but there are activities out there that can help.

A huge community effort creates an exceptional, well-rounded school.

Multiage programs at this Washington elementary school help teachers focus on the individual student.

At this school, every student's opinion matters.