Edutopia's Educational Topics and Special ReportsGet information and educational resources on topics such as arts education, financial literacy, green education, and multiple intelligences.
Our coverage of each after-school program includes sample lessons, as well as articles, videos, contacts, and other in-depth materials.
Edutopia paints a bright picture of how schools are forging innovative community partnerships to bring rich, academically integrated arts curriculum to their students.
As the number of special-needs students soars, schools grapple with ways to offer high-quality education without going broke.
Some of the world's most brilliant minds -- from Sir Ken Robinson to Howard Gardner to Jane Goodall to Martin Scorsese -- share their ideas for improving education.
There are some powerful insights emerging from brain science that speak directly to how we teach: learning experiences do help the brain grow, emotional safety does influence learning, and making lessons relevant can help information stick.
An educator's guide to websites, organizations, articles, and other resources for combating bullying.
There's no doubt that schools can benefit from the resources and expertise of local businesses. In this quick resource roundup, we explore how to initiate and foster business partnerships.
Information age, rest in pieces. This is the Collaboration Age! We can all connect instantly across time zones and oceans. Previously impossible partnerships now produce startling innovations. And the four walls of your classroom no longer limit your students' reach.
An educator's guide to websites, organizations, articles, and other resources looking at the new system of standards and how they will be assessed.
Digital Citizenship and Cyberbullying
Our collection of articles, videos, and resources on cyberbullying, netiquette, and internet safety.
The "digital divide" is still a critical issue in education and beyond, and is even more complex than it was a decade ago. Here's a roundup of resources and organizations to help educators understand both the history and the new landscape of the digital divide.
Edutopia's in-depth coverage of students from around the country reveals how young people are using new media to learn, communicate, and socialize in new and exciting ways.
The first annual Digital Learning Day is on February 1st, 2012. We've compiled some useful resources on digital learning to help you celebrate the day with your class.
Edutopia's video series Education Everywhere profiles innovative school systems all around the world. Here you'll find links to the videos and additional resources for global learning.
From student entrepreneurship to student-run credit union branches, the topics in these articles and other resources cover hands-on activities and real-world projects in economics, money management, and business skills.
Learning foreign languages boosts brain development, bridges cultural connections, and gives us an economic edge. So why isn't it a priority in public schools?
Find out how students are taught in places as different as Austria and Uganda, Chile and Pakistan. Some foreign educational systems may inspire innovations in American education; others describe unique situations that nevertheless broaden and deepen our knowledge of what works best a world away from our schools.
Students, teachers, administrators, and environmental activists have found ways to integrate knowledge and awareness of Earth's fragility with classwork and community service, carefully blending concern with action to help kids feel engaged and hopeful.
Discover how schools are greening themselves with healthy food-service programs and environmentally friendly products and retrofitting.
Articles and video on the resurgent relevance of Howard Gardner's ground-breaking theory, which changed the game for students and teachers.
Getting parents engaged in their children's education can be beneficial for everyone. We've compiled some tips to help improve the connection from home to school and expand parent involvement.
Innovative approaches to PE focus on fitness and introduce the excitement of climbing walls, zip lines, and acrobatics as well as the more soothing appeal of yoga and tai chi.
Teacher-preparation programs are responding to the increasingly complex needs of new teachers, and we profile ten of the most innovative exemplars.
Discover successful schools and strategies across the country -- and use their best teaching practices, training materials, and rubrics with your students.
Keeping students captivated and ready to learn throughout the year is no small task. Here's a list of articles, videos, links, and other resources that offer strategies and advice for retaining their attention.
Edutopia's collection of articles, videos, and resources on using video games and simulations in the classroom.
Public schools inspired by Rudolf Steiner's Waldorf method are on the rise as parents seek relief from the high-stakes testing culture.
