Setting aside time in the school day to teach students social-emotional skills, such as emotional regulation and perspective-taking, can substantially boost students’ grade-point averages and ...

A new study from Stellenbosch University has revealed that students who repeat a grade may end up doing better in the long run. The research found that repeating Grade 1 or Grade 4 can lead to ...

When Laura Link works with districts to review their grading policies, she starts by asking a simple question: What are grades for? Are grades meant to motivate students? To help teachers determine ...

Mixed-grade classes have similar academic results to “normal” classes based on age, but social and emotional development is improved. Shutterstock Often when students are placed in a composite or ...

A group of fourth grade students from Yellowknife’s N.J. Macpherson School spent time on the land in Dettah last week, where ...

In her small office at Esidumbini Primary School in eThekwini, Grade 3 teacher Nonhlanhla Kleinbooi flips through her notebook to explain her concerns about language as she prepares learners for the ...

While the world celebrated International Literacy Day, South Africa faced a harsh reality: 81% of Grade 4 learners reportedly can decode words but cannot read for meaning, according to PIRLS 2021.