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There is a culture of bullying among staff at my school. They should consider the impact it is having on pupils, says a student blogger.

Research shows that a fifth of teachers have received online abuse from pupils or their parents. Sarah Marsh explores what support is available.

For parents, the task of ensuring that exceptionally bright children get the educational nourishment they need is unchartered territory. The path can be frustrating for the kids, and worry-inducing for the parents. But the ongoing boom in online learning opportunities has been a great benefit for many gifted youth.

Tekniska museet har i samband med utställningen Game on 2.0 startat en satsning på att dokumentera och visa dataspel och spelande. När Kulturrådet nu stödjer projektet med 700 000 kronor kan museet tillsammans med forskare inleda arbetet med tre studier kring dataspel – om spelarna, spelkulturen och spelens berättelser.

Demokrati ska genomsyra allt arbete på förskolan. Förskolans demokratiuppdrag är en av verksamhetens viktigaste hörnstenar och förskollärarna förväntas omsätta uppdraget i sin praktik. Men vilket uttryck tar sig arbetet i vardagen på en förskola? Det har Katarina Ribaeus undersökt i sin avhandling.

Communication is key to an effective teacher-evaluation process, writes district superintendent Nicholas A. Fischer.

"We've heard the same thing from teachers in elementary and secondary schools, from new teachers and veterans: Most professional development experiences fail to affect what teachers do in the classroom each day," write educators Emily Dolci Grimm, Trent Kaufman and Dave Doty.

"The movement toward flexible time for assessment is obviously challenging, but these steps can make the shift more manageable -- even in the face of immovable educational demands on our time," writes education consultant Andrew Miller.

Beginner-friendly computer-programming languages such as Scratch and TouchDevelop are making coding more accessible, allowing students as young as 8 to create games, animations and art through simple instructions and blocks of code.

Traverse City High School math teacher Jodi Murphy received a grant to purchase four Texas Instruments CBR 2 Sonic Motion Detectors to use in her classroom. They plug into graphing calculators and can make graphs based on objects' distance.

Social media provides a space for co-teachers to exchange ideas, special-education teacher Elizabeth Stein writes. In this blog post, she describes how she uses social media, such as a twice-monthly Twitter chat #coteachat, to connect with other educators.