What secrets can U.S. educators glean from classrooms in the happiest country in the world? After talking to teachers in Denmark, authors Jessica Alexander and Iben Sandahl discovered a surprising ...

School suspension rates have risen in recent years. And since the punishment is linked to more severe problems later in life, such as dropping out of school or ending up in prison, researchers at ...

A University of Wisconsin-La Crosse professor and student are training future teachers to act with empathy as part of a new research project launching this summer. Participants in the research study, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Each week, in hundreds of classrooms around the world, elementary school students sit cross-legged in a circle, surrounding a baby clad in a onesie with the word “Teacher” on the front. Over the ...

A Silicon Valley educational technology company and researchers from Harvard have teamed up to launch a new series of animated videos next month about the importance of empathy, intended for teachers ...

As a high school student, Vanessa Valle struggled with reading comprehension until a teacher’s act of empathy showed her how to make sense of it all. It was that simple act ­– asking her to visualize ...