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Eye exams important for student performance

Educator burnout leads to increased absenteeism, decline in classroom performance, and poor interpersonal relationships with colleagues and students.

EducationWorld is pleased to present this article contributed by Kumar Sathy, educator and author of Attack of the Chicken Nugget Man: A National Test Prep Adventure. "You are so good at that!" you announce to the child, firmly believing that this warm praise is going to boost the child's self-esteem and increase performance.

EducationWorld is pleased to present this professional development resource shared by Dr. Jane Bluestein, an expert in relationship-building, positive school climate and effective instruction. Like boundaries, choices are motivational tools that encourage young people's cooperation through empowerment. Choices build responsibility and commitment, communicate the teacher's respect for students' needs and preferences and can encourage students to perform a particular behavior.

The role of counselors in schools is expanding from just attending to individual students to leading discussions and activities for groups of students that can help improve school performance and behavior.

Reading textbooks is very different from reading your favorite mystery novel. Naturally, the way you read a textbook will vary depending on how well you know the material already, and the Textbook Surveys you have performed should have started to show you how you can handle each of your books.

A blog from a teacher talking about working at an "under- performing" school.