Research projects need not be represented in an essay, according to Angie Miller, a middle- and high-school teacher-librarian in New Hampshire. In this article, Miller offers eight alternatives to the traditional essay, including podcasts, infographics and "TED-ish Talks."

Elaine Fleischer, a teacher in Norway, has developed a programme to help students who are refugees feel like they belong. The Bridge programme includes about 80 students who meet on a regular basis to connect with each other and their Norwegian peers.

An elementary-school teacher in Oklahoma is using creative outfits to teach and inspire her first-grade students. Her interactive dresses and costumes include one that had books hot-glued to it.

Neuroscientist Dr. Adam Gazzaley is looking for better ways to improve human cognition.

Det er oppsiktsvekkende at en som innehar stillingen med høyest akademisk rang i Norge synes at dokumentasjon på testkvalitet ikke trenger å være publisert for å være tilstrekkelig.

The Model U.N. structure allows English learners to take on different identities and discuss from various perspectives.

The obsession with rankings—and the inevitable attempts to mimic specific features of the top performing systems—not only misleads, it diverts attention from more constructive uses of ILSA data.

De mätningar och jämförelser av skolresultat mellan olika länder som görs i dag är missvisande om man inte gör noggrannare analyser av resultatet. Detta skriver amerikanska forskare i tidskriften Science.

Forskere har sammenlignet kvaliteten på barnehager i ulike land. Resultatene for de norske barnehagene er skuffende, mener forsker.

Sir Ken Robinson and Lou Aronica explain how a school redistributed funds to bring back arts education and saw student behavior improve dramatically.

Classroom technologies give students a better shot at college and career readiness, report finds.

The verdict is still out on how technology affects brain development, asserts developmental molecular biologist John Medina. In this commentary, he examines recent research, noting that "there's both good news and bad news."