Kids' questions may be annoying - but they're more crucial to learning than we've ever thought. An expert explains

What matters more than labelling children is that teachers and parents understand how to overcome the barriers to progress, says Garry Freeman, Special Education Needs Coordinator for a school in Leeds.

Formal schooling should be delayed by at least 12 months because an over-emphasis on the three-Rs at an early age can cause significant long-term damage to bright children, according to a leading academic.

Danske skoleelever bruger mere tid på computere end elever i noget andet OECD-lande. Det hjælper ikke eleverne.

IT i folkeskolerne er en stor gevinst for undervisningen og bør øges, mener lærere. Men der mangler en overordnet it-plan.

There is no clear link between performance pay for teachers and raising standards in schools, says an international survey.

Author Sami Rahman, co-founder of the online database of disability-friendly mobile applications known as BridgingApps , offers tips in this blog post to help teachers and parents customize iPads for students with disabilities.

Two Washington, D.C.-area private schools, separated by about 12 miles, have taken very different approaches to technology.

A recent survey of teachers in the United Kingdom reveals that about half of those questioned had, in the past year, considered leaving the profession.

Children are failing to pick up traditional values at school as teachers increasingly prioritise exam results over the development of pupils' "character", according to a leading headmaster.

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…