In Elise Carter’s second-grade class, some students still write their numbers backward or look at their fingers to add. Others race through multiplication tables or search the Web to teach themselves about negative numbers.

"If there’s something you don’t understand, just raise your hand and ask a question." Almost every teacher says that line to her class on the first day of school. But when that professor's in the middle of explaining a concept and everyone else looks like they understand, following that advice isn't as easy as it…

The use of student input in evaluating teacher performance is the subject of this blog post by education consultant Ben Johnson.

When we talk about using cell phones in class, we’re not just talking about using cell phones in class. The idea of mobile learning touches on just about every subject that any technology addresses: social media, digital citizenship, content-knowledge versus skill-building, Internet filtering and safety laws, teaching techniques, bring-your-own-device policies, school budgets.

Jackie Swift, an educator in London, in this blog post offers suggestions for identifying, educating and supporting students who may be gifted.

Schools worldwide are experimenting with allowing students to access the Internet while taking exams. Most recently, a high school in Oslo, Norway, announced it would experiment with the practise, and officials declared a similar experiment in 2009 in Denmark was a success.

Schools in England are expected to take a harder line against students who bring mobile phones into the classroom following a directive from Ofsted that finds the phones distract students from lessons

Britain is lagging behind other nations for higher education because of a lack of public investment in universities, according to research.

Danmarks Lærerforening vil lade nyuddannede lærere arbejde for dagpengesatsen, hvis de ikke kan finde job.

Some educators say iPad tablet computers and other mobile technology aid the learning of students as young as those in kindergarten. Other teachers maintain that introducing technology to such students can be harmful.

Thank you, Dr. Mommaerts. If you hadn’t taken a personal interest in me in high school, who knows what career path I might have followed.

Teacher practices and classroom demographics can play a role in delaying the development of gender-based stereotypes and prejudices among young students, some researchers said at a recent conference. Equitable practices in co-ed classrooms can help increase the time boys and girls continue to play together and can have academic and social benefits for members of…