Teachers are discovering that through alternate reality games, students who were not typically motivated kicked into high gear, some laboring into the wee hours at home to untangle a conundrum.

The Fairhaven School, which opened its doors in 1998, has no tests or grades, and no assigned homework. Its goal is to help students develop two core traits: agency and autonomy.

In Age of Opportunity, psychologist Larry Steinberg applies neuroscience to risk-taking, peer influence, the boredom of high school and other adolescent conundrums.

Many parents have pushed for a later start to the school day for teenagers, with limited success. But parents just got a boost from the nation’s pediatricians.

Daydreaming and playing are crucial to develop the kind of creativity many say should be a focal point of a modern education system.

Vid inledningen av ett nytt innehållsblock brukar jag börja med en slags kunskapsinventering. Eleverna får tänka till, fundera vad de vet om ämnet sen innan.

The conversation about what kids need to know and to be able to do by the end of high school has gradually shifted over the past several years to emphasize not just rigorous content goals, but also less tangible skills.

Ett 50-tal anställda vid skolor i Halmstad, Varberg och Hylte började den 1 oktober en utbildning på Högskolan om hur man kan stärka studie- och yrkesvägledningen i undervisningen.

Investing in just one staff person to help students identify their aspirations and pave the way for them to reach those goals can have a big effect on a high school.

Investing in just one staff person to help students identify their aspirations and pave the way for them to reach those goals can have a big effect on a high school.

There’s no app for good teaching.

Synscenter Refsnæs har udviklet en e-bogslæser, som gør det muligt for svagsynede og ordblinde at tilpasse e-bøger til netop den forstørrelsesgrad, for- og baggrundsfarve, lysstyrke, skrifttype, læseretning og linjeafstand, som passer til den enkelte. App’en er gratis.