Folkeskolens lærere skal undervise mere, de skal i højere grad være til stede på skolen, og det skal være lettere for elever og forældre at få fat i lærerne. Sådan lyder meldingen fra børne- og undervisningsminister Christine Antorini (S) på den sidste sommerferiedag for mange skolebørn.

Julia Frascona only did a PGCE to kill some time, but she soon discovered a passion for secondary teaching. She explains why, in 30 years, she never regretted her career choice.

Primary school sport must be boosted to prevent a generation of children growing up less fit than their parents, according to Sebastian Coe, the man behind London’s extraordinarily successful Olympic Games.

Næsten alle danske børn træner bogstaver og tal, inden de begynder i skole. Forældreformand advarer mod at pace børnene.

Whether you call them digital natives or active learners, many of today's students are engaged best by innovative lessons that are using trending tools and instructional strategies.

Minecraft inspires creativity and problem-solving. But my daughters are obsessed.

For Elizabeth and the millions of students who are “print disabled” — meaning they have trouble reading because of dyslexia or vision impairment — many textbooks are not available in an audio format or in any other format that’s easily accessible. Bookshare converts texts into accessible digital formats–mostly audio and digital braille–for those who can’t…

Two recent graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing a mobile application to help teachers with the grading process.

Københavns Kommune sender som den første kommune i landet 3.000 af hovedstadens folkeskolelærere af sted på efteruddannelse samtidig. På det nystartede Sommeruniversitet undervises de i tre dage i fag som IT, didaktik, kommaundervisning, organisering og lærer-elev-relationer.

Blogger Lisa Michelle Dabbs in this post offers five tips to help new teachers become connected educators, in recognition of Connected Educator Month. She suggests teachers should be able to define what being a connected educator means, understand Web 2.0, be open to joining a social media network and blog.

Third-grade teacher Linda Yollis started a classroom blog in 2008, and said the site has been useful in communicating with parents and sharing students' work.

Teachers and students say that students increasingly are using technology to cheat. That includes lifting entire papers from the Internet, photographing exams and getting quiz answers from their cellphones. However, teachers also are using technology to catch cheaters by scouring the Internet for signs of plagiarism and using high-tech systems to observe students.