A small problem can turn into a crisis when adults are not prepared to support children who are struggling with social-emotional distress, experts warn.

Teachers make careful choices when it comes to books and sharing their rationale can go a long way toward allaying parents' concerns, experts say.

At any time, about 22 percent of the nation's school districts are headed by interim or acting superintendents.

Rather than aiming to teach to the middle, we should build engagement by first building relationships with students and helping them find a sense of purpose.