Feeling emotionally safe and having a way to connect learning to life are conditions that boost achievement. The authors' immigrant English language-learning students have told them these emotional supports are crucial. Mountain Valley School District in Colorado, which has recently increased the number of its immigrant students, took these…

A former surgeon has revealed that nutrition and exercise have positive effects on the school environment and also on student academic achievement. Some of the guidelines and recommendations for physical activity that can be adopted in schools are described.

Study was initiated to provide information to classroom teachers, special teachers, and to curriculum personnel concerning the effects, if any, on general academic achievement of the use of the program, Physiology of Readiness (Getman and Kane, 1964), which is intended to develop body and sensory skills. (Authors)

Focusing on the brain's natural functions, this article discusses specific teacher characteristics, teaching methods, and peripheral stimuli helping to activate appropriate learning behavior. Also identifies particular events and teacher behaviors that block learning and frustrate the brain's efforts to harmonize conflicts and admit new…

The Marzano thinking skills model (emphasizing learning preparation, content thinking, and basic reasoning skills) will enhance learning opportunities for students whom the present system overlooks or labels unteachable. Schools can restructure teaching and evaluation methods to educate all young people for a successful future in the information…