Det är viktigt att fundera över hur övergångarna mellan förskola, förskoleklass och skola går till och att försöka minimera antalet separationer. Men det är lättare sagt än gjort för många rektorer, visar Helena Ackesjös forskning.

The rise of the teacherpreneur may be ushering in a new era in education, middle-grades teacher Heather Wolpert-Gawron writes. In this blog post, she describes teacherpreneurs and asserts they are "first and foremost, imaginative teachers."

A recent report highlights how to use technology to support personalized learning goals. The report is based on findings from a recent summit held by North Carolina State University's Friday Institute for Educational Innovation. The report identifies five essential ingredients for personalized learning.

Erasers are an ‘instrument of the devil' and should be banned from classrooms because they encourage children to feel ashamed about mistakes, cognitive scientist Guy Claxton says.

För att höja slöjdens status i samhället behöver slöjdlärarna bli bättre på att berätta om vilka kunskaper som ämnet ger. Det menar Lillemor Praetorius som är förstelärare i slöjd på Ånässkolan i Göteborg.

A study in an Indian slum tried promising a reward: Improve your attendance, and you’ll get a small treat. But for third-graders, sometimes these incentive schemes can do more harm than good.

Elever, som har svært ved at koncentrere sig og handler meget impulsivt, har stort udbytte af undervisning, hvor praktiske aktiviteter går i samspil med et historisk miljø. Det viser et speciale om museumsundervisning for børn med indlæringsvanskeligheder.

Det spelar inte så stor roll om barn med autism får jättemycket stöd eller inte. Det viktigaste är att ta hänsyn till barnets förmåga. (s. 8)

Schools are taking a more proactive role in caring for students’ mental health in counseling availability, sleep, tech and play.

Digital technology has taken the world by storm — particularly in the past decade. It makes sense that this trend would have an impact on K-12 learning because there is nothing in modern American society that digital technology has not touched.

Young learners do up to five times better when instruction combines the real world with the virtual world. That's the finding from Carnegie Mellon University, where researchers came up with a test to figure out how technology could best contribute to learning.

How can educators decide which tech to use in the classroom? There are specialists who can help with that.