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…

Students sit in the test-taking room, with full access to computers and wireless connections. As they work on national exams, they can be seen accessing the Internet from time to time. Are the results from this test going to be corrupted because these test-takers are not isolated from global information resources?

An award-winning teacher in Georgia with limited resources said she has discovered innovative ways to keep students engaged in classroom lessons.

School districts big and small across the country have rushed to start using digital course materials, purchasing thousands of tablet computers along the way. Advocates argue these expenditures ultimately save money by eliminating paper textbooks and making the classroom more efficient.

Multiple-choice exams could be a thing of the past as test-makers develop new, technology-based assessments.

Students studying to be teachers at the middle and high school levels at the University of Massachusetts, USA, are protesting a new national licensure procedure being developed by Stanford University with the education company Pearson.