Lærere skelner mellem den normale og den afvigende elev ud fra en forestilling om den ideale elev, skriver Janne Hedegaard Hansen i en ny bog om co-teaching. Men det mindset skal vi væk fra, hvis skolen skal lykkes med inklusion, argumenterer hun.

Specialskoler beskriver typisk hele elevens udvikling i skabeloner med kasser til at skrive i, men de skemaer kan Aula ikke håndtere. Det kommer forhåbentlig, siger it-vejleder fra en pilotskole, som har gjort udviklerne af portalen opmærksom på problematikken.

Problemet er komplekst, og løsningen ligger ikke ligefor, når det gælder elever med skolevægring. Det er et langt sejt træk, men det er muligt at finde en løsning, siger PPR-konsulent i Ishøj Kommune.

PPR Syddjurs underviser lærerteam i forventningsbaseret klasseledelse. Metoden reducerer uro i klassen, uden at lærerne behøver at bruge krudt på at ­regulere elevernes adfærd.

Britt-Marie Halvorsen är doktorand i slöjdpedagogik vid Åbo Akademi. Utifrån Britt-Maries forskningsintresse ”om slöjdlärarens bakomliggande arbete vid sidan av undervisningen” presenterade hon ett intressant paper med rubriken Slöjdäpplet – en lärares spegling av elevers arbetsprocesser i textilslöjd vid Make&Learn-konferensen på HDK vid Göteborgs universitet.

Students whose grades are below average could boost their results if they devoted less time to Facebook and other social networking sites, new research suggests.

A new Educational Testing Service report recommends ways assessments can better diagnose gaps in knowledge and improve learning.

Scores for Latino students more than doubled at Robbins Elementary since 2014-15.

Teachers can take a step back, talk less and serve as facilitators to help students take more control of their own learning, according to Shannon McGrath, a K-8 instructional coach. In this blog post, McGrath shares strategies, including asking a student to time mini-lessons that are eight- to 10-minutes and using video in instruction.

Utah junior high school principal Mary Bosso says turning around her academically struggling school has been a challenge and requires interventions for students and support for teachers. "They are working hard together for what's best for kids and that's what it takes to turn a school around," Bosso says.

Some children may need a little extra support or a different learning approach to fully benefit from curriculum and instruction, a special education teacher writes.

Gen Z: a generation defined by on-demand smartphone access. Nearly half of Gen Z students say they are online "almost constantly," leaving everyone, especially educators, wondering what impact the prevalence of technology has had on students’ lives and will have on their futures.