The online educational tool Learnist is likely to become more popular among teachers, Jessica Van Sack suggests in this opinion piece.

Many educators struggle mightily to grasp how technology can be utilized in ways that actually help students learn. In a larger sense, it's tough to implement promising new techniques and ideas in a system that remains stubbornly old school; where kids still lug around massive dog-eared textbooks and daydream during long-winded lectures.

A highly structured student-teaching environment in preservice is important for building great teachers, Washington teacher Dan Brown writes in this opinion article

With an increased focus on the value of mathematics to the UK economy, Rachael Horsman talks about sharing her love of the subject in a bid to produce more mathematicians.

A unique program at one Pennsylvania school is using the power of television news to teach social skills to youngsters with Asperger’s syndrome.

For students returning to school this year, there is more to back-to-school technology shopping than the latest version of the iPad. Students now have access to gadgets such as the "Powerbag" -- a high-tech backpack with a built-in battery system that can charge electronic devices such as smartphones.

Daglig jobbing må til for å lykkes i kampen mot mobbing, mener Høyre og Frp.

Officials in Bulgaria say they are concerned that the country has a shortage of teachers, with numbers expected to continue to decline as those in the profession retire. The average age of teachers in Bulgaria is 50, and already there is a shortage of teachers reported in several subjects, including biology and chemistry.

As more schools adopt tablet computers as a part of classroom instruction, blogger Eric Lai in this post lists several reasons that such rollouts can struggle -- or even fail.

In this blog post, Ben Stern, technology integrationist for a middle school in New York City, writes that textbooks present an easy way out for teachers and students - allowing them to avoid questions over what should be taught. Technology, Stern writes, such as Internet resources and educational applications, can improve teaching and learning.

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