She sits in your office, clearly fighting back tears. Pointing to the grade on her test, she says, "I've never made anything below a B before." Sound familiar? How many of us have had similar ...

Classroom discussion — the free exchange of ideas among three or more people — is one of the most powerful tools in education. Research shows it deepens learning and promotes mental well-being by ...

Valued education explores fairness, respect, and responsibility through discussion and purposeful classroom action.

This seems to be the common rule in most classrooms. It is easily explained in a lecture setting. Indeed, everyone must be focused on what the professor is saying. A discussion would only create a ...

When parents discuss racism with their children, negative biases toward Black people are significantly reduced in both parent and child EVANSTON, Ill. --- Experts have long pointed out the need for ...

Excerpted from Building Better Citizens: A New Civics Education for All by Holly Korbey. A Twenty-first Century Guide to Politics in the Classroom In a four-year study of classroom political ...