Ann Coates has taught social studies at Hanover High School for 16 years. However, this year will be completely different for her because, in addition to her other classes, Coates is teaching in a virtual classroom.

Can creativity be taught? If innovation is truly the key to this country’s success, then it’s time to think strategically about engendering creativity into our education system.

Creative professional and lecturer, Lawrence Lartey, finds his choice of dress is often a sticking point with colleagues. Here he asks why so many still hold a stereotypical view of the lecturer

A special digital issue of Policy Priorities defines the factors at play in the current cyberbullying landscape in U.S. schools. The article "What Do Educators Need to Know About Cyberbullying?" explains just what cyberbullying entails and identifies student groups most at risk. It also offers tips and strategies to those being cyberbullied as well as…

A high school in Cardiff is dedicating half the timetable to tackling poor literacy and numeracy in a bid to drive up standards for its youngest pupils.

Fewer children are reading in their spare time because of the "embarrassment" of carrying books in front of friends, according research.

Children are reading less as their lives become more crowded with other activities, new research suggests.

Taking lessons outside gives students and teachers time to interact, explore and reflect on their learning.

Finland’s Pasi Sahlberg is one of the world’s leading experts on school reform and the author of the best-selling “Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn About Educational Change in Finland?” He also write a provocative post for this blog on what the United States can’t learn from Finland when it comes to school reform.

Being an openly homosexual high school teacher has been trying -- and often painful.

En norsk 29-årig lärare har dömts till sex månaders fängelse för att hon haft sexuellt umgänge med sin 16-årige elev i fjol. Vid rättegången i Sarpsborg i sydöstra Norge sade pojken att han kände sig pressad till handlingen.

In this blog post, high-school English teacher Nicholas Provenzano writes that technology has changed what it means to be literate in today's society.