Språkläraren Pernilla Alm har skrivit en debattbok mot läxor. Hon tycker att elever ska hinna med skolarbetet på skoltid. Det går om man värnar lektionerna, menar hon.  

New research suggests that five portions of fruit and vegetables a day isn't enough. Here's a collection of lesson resources to help you teach students about balanced diets.

Parents and charitable trusts often fail. Success comes with the skills and experience of organisations that resemble the best education authorities.

Students’ racial identities play a big part in how they approach classroom relationships and learning, and teachers can learn strategies to make all their students feel comfortable and capable of learning.

Planning for Earth Day 2014 is well underway around the world. Bring environmental issues to your classroom with resources from PBS LearningMedia.

Teachers can inspire young poets by incorporating multimedia presentations, popular music and student artwork into poetry assignments, former teacher Beth Holland writes.

Sixth-graders at Bismarck Public Schools are getting the skills they need to succeed in a digital world. A new class is teaching sixth graders how to be computer literate and stay safe online.

High-achieving minority students and those from disadvantaged backgrounds are less likely to take college admissions exams, Advanced Placement exams and perform well on other measures of high achievement than their peers, according to a report released Wednesday by The Education Trust.

Seven challenges facing schools trying to shake up the education paradigm and solutions to push forward.

A recent survey shows that effective principals positively benefit teachers, students and school culture. Among other things, such principals are more likely to see improved student achievement, engagement and teacher satisfaction, the survey found.

Educator Matt Levinson in this blog post offers four strategies teachers can use to ease students' anxiety about learning new material or facing assessments. Among the ideas, Levinson suggests having students write down what they know as a "brain dump," both to demonstrate what they've learned and later serve as a study guide.  

White British children are being outperformed in key GCSE subjects by those who speak English as a second language.