Smartphones are distracting students in the classroom and should be banned in primary schools, asserts Pasi Sahlberg, a Finnish education expert and incoming professor at the University of New South Wales in Australia. He suggests that leaders at individual schools be given the authority to make the best decisions for their schools about smartphone access.

Almost a quarter of the country’s schools are testing ‘thinking’ technology designed to assess everything from an essay’s style and structure to its logic and remove human error.

Never get it in your mind that you have to use what you see as some kind of pity party for not teaching, says Linda Cliatt-Wayman, who led one of the most dangerous high schools in America. In this poignant interview, Wayman explains that students in poverty don't need educators' excuses. They need these two…

En omfattande finländsk forskning utmanar uppfattningen om att småbarn mår bäst av att bli omskötta i det egna hemmet.

Marginalisering och diskriminering är vanligt i de nordiska skolorna, och för att få bukt med problemen måste de lyftas upp både i politiken och praktiken. Också digitaliseringen utmanar jämlikheten i utbildningen, och fritt skolval försämrar den definitivt. Det konstaterar ett stort antal forskare i en rapport om jämlikhet och rättvisa i utbildningen.

The number of students being suspended at a Texas middle school has declined since the adoption of a restorative justice program. Principal La'Quesha Grigsby said students and teachers meet twice a week to discuss their feelings for 35 minutes to help prevent conflicts.

Educators’ use of data to make decisions about instruction and intervention is rising dramatically in U.S. schools, according to an online survey of 1,516 teachers released today by Kahoot!

Digital signage increasingly is replacing bulletin boards and schoolwide announcements as a way for school leaders to communicate with students and staff. A Texas school district recently invested in 50 large-format televisions to use as digital signs.

The Resilience Builder Program teaches young students techniques for handling tough emotions, like visualizing a remote control for thoughts so they can switch from negative to happier feelings. 

Some teachers are experimenting with offering feedback via video rather than marking students' work with red pens. David Narter, an English teacher in Illinois, said he found that students were more receptive to video feedback and found it more motivating.

Nesten hvert femte barn og ungdom har matematikkvansker. Og de som faller av, forblir hengende etter. Tett ekstraundervisning helt fra start hjelper dem, ifølge norsk og finsk forskning.

Måndag 28 maj är det internationella mensdagen. I Tanzania undviker tjejer att gå i skolan när de har mens och deras möjligheter till utbildning påverkas. En ny studie från Lunds universitet visar att menskoppen kan vara ett steg mot en bättre skolgång och ett friare och mer jämlikt liv.