Teachers can create welcoming, safe spaces while still maintaining high expectations and holding students accountable.

October 26, 2009 (PRESS RELEASE) Chicago Public School students and teachers in four elementary schools and one high school now have a new way to deal with their stress during the school day -- the ...

CAMDEN - A thin blue film covers each fluorescent light fixture in Linda Brown-Bartlett's unconventional first-floor classroom. The blues and greens in her room — striping a hanging hammock in the ...

DUNMORE — Situated in the middle of a busy hallway at Dunmore Elementary Center is a classroom designed to bring calm to those who step inside. School officials opened the calm down classroom at the ...

When Olive-Mary Stitt Elementary School teacher Meghan Yarbrough’s third-graders returned from lunch on a recent afternoon, they entered a darkened classroom where they listened to a soothing recorded ...

Coloring pages aren’t just for fun—they can be powerful tools for helping students self-regulate, transition smoothly, and stay engaged when finishing early. Thoughtfully designed sheets can calm ...

A few minutes into the Read 180 class taught by Scott Buresh at Mannheim Middle School, half the students walk to the computers in the back of the classroom while the rest start on workbooks at their ...

DALLAS — Consider building your kids a "calming corner." Teachers can do this in the classroom. Parents can do this in the playroom or bedroom. A calming corner or "mindfulness corner" is just a ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A Charleston County teacher is using animals to remind her students they can find peace inside and outside of the classroom. Jordan Adams is an elementary school counselor ...

Teachers are increasingly using classroom coloring pages and decor to spark creativity, calm energy, and build a welcoming learning space. From educational color-by-number activities to themed decor ...