When the weather outside is frightful, the right activity can transform students’ pent-up energy into laughter, movement, and ...

Last school year, Holly Swartz decided to turn her 1st grade classroom into a galaxy far, far away. She created a giant, nine-weeks-long “Star Wars” game for her class, dividing her students into ...

Every week at the Nysmith School in Herndon, Virginia, Philip Baselice breaks out a game to teach his class about key world events. Baselice teaches history to middle schoolers, and game-based ...

The new question-of-the-week is: Do games have a role in teaching and learning in the classroom? If so, how should they be used? Part One ‘s contributors were Susan Lafond, Eric Schildge, Michael ...

November 13, 2025 - Many mentoring and tutoring programs in K-12 schools rely partially on federal grants through AmeriCorps — funding that President Donald Trump has proposed entirely eliminating.

Many of us here at ProfHacker enjoy playing to learn. As an avid gamer, one of my favorite parts about summer is the chance to pick up something new and spend some time I’ve written in the past on my ...

The use of education technology in the classroom has revolutionized the way teaching and learning occur, offering new opportunities to enhance educational experiences. Integrating digital tools such ...

One morning last winter I watched a middle-school teacher named Al Doyle give a lesson, though not your typical lesson. This was New York City, a noncharter public school in an old building on a ...