Många föräldrar undrar vilket stöd deras barn kan få i skolan. Därför har Skolverket tagit fram information till de föräldrar som har barn i förskoleklass, grundskola eller motsvarande skolform och gymnasieskola.

Nyanställda utländska lärare ser den svenska skolan med delvis nya ögon och tvingas hantera utmaningar som språkbyte. Men viktigast är inte ett perfekt språk, enligt en avhandling av Aina Bigestans.

Ska sfi-utbildningen ge ett språk som öppnar möjligheter till första bästa arbete, eller ska den ge språkkunskaper för att klara högre studier? Hur sfi-utbildningen utformas beror på hur man besvarar den frågan, menar forskaren Jenny Rosén.

Ikke før har vi kommet over PISA-sjokket, så dukker det opp en ny bekymring. Nå er det mangel på kritisk tenkning som er problemet med norsk skole. Så hva gjør vi med det?

How one teacher uses social media to connect.

Despite the hype, writer Hana Schank says in this commentary that Minecraft - on its own - is not educational. Instead, she says it is the players' passion for the game that leads to real learning - the same as she witnessed when her own children created a series using iMovie.

There are pros and cons to using educational games in the classroom, according to a recent study on game playing in K-12 education. Researchers found that gaming can be more effective if there were improvements made in design or support around the games, or in both.

Educators at a New Jersey elementary school are using Twitter to connect to the community, parents and colleagues outside of their school. Students write tweets about what they learn each day to be used as part of classroom feeds, which teachers hope parents use as starting points to discuss students' learning.

Din personlighed påvirker dine karakterer i gymnasiet og på universitetet mere end din IQ, viser ny forskning. Den viden kan man bruge til at indrette uddannelsessystemet bedre, vurderer forskere.

There are more than 300 virtual schools in operation nationwide, according to the National Education Policy Center. Some reports question the quality of these programs, educator Jen Karetnick writes in this commentary. She reflects on how inconsistencies in such programs from state to state can affect students.

Educators should tap into students' individual learning styles and involve students in designing lessons that are right for them, Alan November, veteran educator and senior partner and founder of November Learning, writes. In this commentary, he shares an experiment he has used to learn more about students' learning styles.

"Our role as teachers is not to do the learning for our students; our role is to find ways to help our students learn on their own," writes ASCD author and ASCD EDge community member Robyn Jackson.