Teater och sång om färger har visat sig vara en rolig ingång till nya lärdomar på Södervångs förskola.

Eighth grade students at Hillview have had their iPads since the beginning of the school year. Read more on how teachers are using the devices in class so far and their hopes for the future.

One principal in an affluent Bay Area School is striving to do more than just “enhance” classroom learning with iPads.

Rosa spelar en central roll när barn lär sig att könskoda världen. Det anser Fanny Ambjörnsson, genusforskare som har studerat vad rosa betyder för barn och vuxna.  

Forskarna måste ut i skolorna och lärarna in på universiteten – effektivaste vägen till bibehållen lärarskicklighet, skriver Eva Heimdahl Mattson och Catharina Tjernberg vid Stockholms universitet.

Hur får man en snytbagge att låta bli nyplanterad skog? Kan kardemumma påverka bakterietillväxt? Det är några av frågorna som den här veckan ställs i Högskolan Dalarnas lokaler i Vassbo, där gymnasieelever får prova på livet som forskare.

What some schools are doing to meet the needs of students with ADHD.

Every student at the Isle of Portland Aldridge Community Academy (IPACA) received their very own personal tablet computer the start of this academic year. Staff and students say it has transformed education at the Dorset school - but they have to be careful about internet safety and security. (webb-tv)

In the course of studying different aspects of children’s environments, Dr. Roger Hart noticed that “a lot of supposedly participatory projects had a distinct air of tokenism. Children were being put on display, so to speak, as though they were actively participating, but they were not taken seriously”.

Hur får man en elev att verkligen förstå en text på djupet? Marie Trapp undervisar eleverna med hjälp av fem läsfixare. Metoden bygger på samma lässtrategier som goda läsare använder sig av.  

The challenges of rural schools are many of the same (though not all) that low-income public schools face across the country: inadequate access to technology and broadband, tight budgets, and educators who have not been trained in using technology in meaningful ways.

This new invention from the MIT Media Lab will no doubt be controversial. Readers strap themselves into a robotic suit equipped with sensors that literally make the reader feel the emotions conveyed in the text as the reader flips pages.