Games can help students understand how diseases spread and how people work together in a connected world.

Susanna Sjöstrand som arbetar som förstelärare på Örtagårdsskolan berättar hur hon använder drama för att utveckla elevernas språk.

För två år sedan startade Beda Hallbergs gymnasium, som bland annat riktar sig till ungdomar som hoppat av. Läs smakprovet från nya numret av Skolportens forskningsmagasin här (pdf)!

Bildning kan inte redovisas i prov, säger bildningsvurmaren och idéhistorikern Sven-Eric Liedman. Skolan borde fokusera mer på att väcka nyfikenhet och lust att söka kunskap. Och i det spelar de estetiska ämnena en viktig roll.

Forskare ska försöka ta reda på varför skolor ger olika mycket hjälp till pojkar och flickor. (sid. 7)

Never Alone, Elegy for a Dead World and Valiant Hearts are powerfully educational because they’re so enjoyable to play.

What does it mean for the teaching profession when so many tools are available easily and for free?

Students can better understand math and physics problems by acting them out. This type of embodied learning can help open up the mind to abstract concepts.

Assigning more than 90 minutes of homework could result in negative student performance, according to a recent study. Data show 60 minutes of homework may be ideal.

Leaders in this movement are working together to identify the structures that need to shift for real change to take hold.

Several efforts in Washington are converging on the sensitive question of how best to safeguard the information software programs are gathering on students.

Despite cautionary tales of teens and social networks, students have a lot to gain from incorporating what they learn in their personal digital space to the classroom.