EU-kommissionen har tagit fram ett verktyg för hela unionen: SELFIE: Self-reflection tool for digitally capable schools. I den kan skolor se hur långt de kommit med digitaliseringen jämfört med andra skolor i Europa som använder Selfie.
Math teacher Giulia Bini used a video game and YouTube videos to help teach calculus to students. Bini assigned a video game as homework and through it, as well as other strategies, she says students' grades increased 10%.
Sustaining transformative change to complicated school systems is hard work, requiring leaders to attend to five pillars: permission, support, community engagement, accountability and staying the course.
Repeated failure can result in student disengagement, but some educators are testing strategies to help combat this cycle. Math teacher Michael Gallin is one such educator who is helping students address math phobia by helping them learn from failure.
If we could understand how the infant mind develops, it might help every child reach their full potential. But seeing them as learning machines is not the answer.
Elias är ny språklärare på Tammelanskolan i Tammerfors i södra Finland. Elias kan 23 språk, har oändligt tålamod och får aldrig en elev att skämmas för sina frågor. Elias är även en robot.
Some teachers can take on students' trauma as their own, suggests Alex Shevrin, a community college teacher and former school leader. In this blog post, she shares her own experience with vicarious trauma and offers tips on how to cope.