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Benoit Tessier / Reuters The Children Being Denied Due Process
Most states fail to protect minors’ entitlement to counsel.
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Amy Sussman / AP Images for LEGO Systems How Design Thinking Became a Buzzword at School
The trendy concept is in high demand among educators, but its specifics are vague.
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Oswaldo Rivas / Reuters The Failing First Line of Defense
Teachers are often the first adults students turn to when struggling with mental health, but educators are not adequately trained to address the crises.
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Aly Song / Reuters Educating an Original Thinker
How teachers and parents can identify and cultivate children who think creatively and unconventionally
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Damian Dovarganes / AP Teaching: Just Like Performing Magic
One half of the entertainment duo Penn & Teller explains how performance and discomfort make education come alive.
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Michael Ainsworth / Dallas Morning News / Corbis The Steep Costs of Keeping Juveniles in Adult Prisons
Despite federal statues prohibiting it, many states imprison those under 18 alongside adults, where they are much more likely to suffer sexual abuse and violence.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Ensuring Educational Stability for Foster Kids
The new federal education law requires schools to track data on at-risk students’ achievement.
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Jessica Rinaldi / Reuters How Loneliness Wears on the Body
New research supports the idea that social isolation is detrimental to physical health—and that companionship may improve it.
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Jessica Lahey When Success Leads to Failure
The pressure to achieve academically is a crime against learning.
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Ahmad Masood / Reuters The Role of Adult Mentorship in Helping Children Deal With Trauma
Strong, positive relationships with at-risk youth can give them much-needed feelings of competence.
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Shutterstock/The Atlantic What Schools Should Teach Kids About Sex
In America, the subject is often limited to "a smattering of information about [humans'] reproductive organs and a set of stern warnings about putting them to use."
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Jerry Lampen / Reuters Should Teachers Be Allowed to Touch Students?
Sheltering children from physical contact deprives educators of an important instructional tool and students of an essential learning experience.
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Robert Galbraith/Reuters Science, in the Words of Alan Alda
The actor best known for his roles in M*A*S*H and The West Wing talks about his work as a teacher.
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lwpkommunikacio/Flickr Mythbusters: Teaching Through Wonder—and Failure
Adam Savage, co-host of the hit Discovery Channel show, talks about why a catastrophic experiment often comes with the most valuable lessons.
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EAWB/Flickr How Teachers Help Students Who've Survived Trauma
One out of every four children sitting in American classrooms has experienced significant personal or emotional distress.
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VSauce What Teachers Can Learn From Vsauce's YouTube Show
One of the Internet's most popular science stars explains why kids watch his lessons for entertainment.
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Susanne Nilsson/Flickr Poor Kids and the 'Word Gap'
The White House launches a new literacy initiative aimed at low-income children.
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Wonderlane/Flickr Get to Know Your Teachers, Kids
A new study suggests that a simple acquaintance exercise might improve classroom relationships and even close the achievement gap.
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Jessica Lahey Teaching Math to People Who Think They Hate It
A popular Cornell professor tries to help language-arts types learn how to "make math" instead of just studying it.
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Reuters Where Girls Get Kidnapped on Their Way to School
Throughout the developing world, young women don't always make it safely to the schoolhouse door, much less get a decent education inside. The Clinton Foundation is hoping to change that.
