When a Teacher Notices: Early Identification of Emotional
Teachers are not therapists. But they are with children for six hours a day, five days a week, for ten
The Weight of Examinations: Academic Pressure, Student Wellbeing,
India’s board examinations are among the most high-stakes in the world. The pressure they generate is real, documented, and consequential
Bullying in Indian Schools: What the Research Shows
Bullying in Indian schools is underreported, underdiscussed, and often addressed through the wrong interventions. The evidence on what actually reduces
The Child Who Will Not Come In: School
For some children, the anxiety of attending school is not a phase or a tactic. It is a clinical reality
The Multi-Grade Reality: Teaching Two or Three Classes
Over 40% of India’s primary schools are single-teacher schools. The multi-grade classroom is not an anomaly — it is a
The Question That Does Not Wait for an
In most Indian classrooms, teachers talk for the vast majority of the lesson and children talk very little. The evidence
The Lesson Plan That Never Gets Written: Why
Most teachers in India do not write lesson plans in any useful form. The evidence is clear that planned lessons
Teaching Reading, Not Teaching About Reading: Explicit Phonics
Millions of Indian children complete primary school without learning to read fluently. This is not because they lack intelligence. It