A school district in Texas is using technology and a comprehensive approach to improve school safety, writes Melissa Williams-Scott, executive director of information systems at Dickinson Independent School District. In this blog post, she shares six steps the district took to promote a safe environment, including focusing on quick intervention.

A survey sheds light on frequent issues and positive strategies to help students with math.

Using a backchannel tool to allow students to anonymously ask questions increased the number of questions college students asked during class, according to a review. Data show the tool was effective for some groups of students, who said they felt uncomfortable asking questions during class, including female students and first-generation college students.

Tydlighet, struktur och ett tätt kollegialt samarbete – det är något av det musik- och engelskaläraren Heidi Uddeskog tog fasta på när hon jobbskuggade en brittisk pedagog. "Lärarna visste väldigt mycket om varandra och hur de jobbade; och de hade många samarbeten, även mellan olika årskurser", säger hon.

Teenagers are more affected by their current poverty than by the past trauma, including violence, that they have experienced, according to a study of 240 teen Syrian refugees and 210 Jordanian youth. Data show that more than half of the Syrian refugees who participated in the study suffered from PTSD.

Robotical, an Edinburgh, UK robotics company that introduced "Marty" in 2016 as a STEM learning tool, has announced a second-generation version that comes with new resources for the classrooms.

Guidance to help teach students about the Holocaust.

Teachers who use creativity in the classroom may boost academic results among students, according to a report from Gallup. Data shows outcomes are even greater if teachers use technology in transformative ways.

Young people are taking to the streets around the issues they care most about -- gun control, climate change, immigration. They're inspiring an intergenerational movement.

Papiret udskiftes gradvist med skærme. Det går ud over skolelevers tekstforståelse, viser ny undersøgelse.

Søren Nivaa blev mødt med skepsis, da han i skoletiden ville træne Dybkær Specialskoles ældste elever i håndbold. Men nu udvikler spillet deres sociale og personlige sider.

Børn med autisme kan have særlige udfordringer i skolen, og det kan føre til langvarigt skolefravær. Opsporing, forebyggelse og tæt samarbejde mellem alle involverede er afgørende faktorer for at sikre børnenes trivsel. Se Socialstyrelsens nye webmateriale med inspiration til det gode skoleliv for børn med autisme.