In Arizona, some teachers and school districts are continuing bring-your-own-technology programs or testing them for the first time this year. "I think the bring-your-own-technology is going to be the wave of the future," said Karl Johnson, a high-school history and government teacher.

Sam McElroy, a special-education teacher who teaches students recovering credits and students with disabilities at a turnaround high school in Queens, N.Y., discusses in this opinion article his experience implementing the blended-learning program this year at his school.

New technology could help schools reduce cost of virtual computing

If we want students to know 99random facts we create a test such as the SAT II subject test. If we want students to learn to write an analytical essay, we assign an essay, then grade it for form, style, grammar, content, and correct bibliography. If we want students to think and act creatively than…

"Hello Children, everywhere". So began Junior Choice, formerly Children’s Favourites, a radio programme that ran on the BBC between 1954 and 1982. I don’t know why, but the tune popped into my head last week when I read about the controversial new National Curriculum proposals for primary schools.

Only 44% of U.S. teachers today report being very satisfied with their jobs -- a decline of 15% over the past two years, professor Michael Moore writes in this opinion article. Other countries are doing better, he writes.

A physics and chemistry teacher in California uses her passion for music to help her students learn complicated science and math lessons. Maureen Rymer, who plays the guitar, recorder and piano, often makes up songs and writes lyrics when her class is struggling with a topic, including a recent tune about grams and division.

A new nonprofit group is working with school districts to provide access to iPad tablet computers to students with autism spectrum disorders.

Richard Rose, who has two decades of experience in online teaching, offers six tips to help virtual educators be successful. He writes that online teachers should not expect constant validation, get to know their students and understand that complete control is unrealistic in a virtual environment.

Schools in New Jersey and elsewhere are decreasing the amount of time spent teaching students to write in cursive. The trend is driven by the national Common Core State Standards, which does not require penmanship instruction, and by technology, which some say has decreased the need for students to learn cursive.

Some students in western Pennsylvania this year participated in a Fantasy Baseball Integrated Math Program that was introduced to area schools and Boys and Girls Clubs by Pittsburgh Pirates Charities. The students played simulated baseball games to learn math concepts including fractions, decimal and percent equivalence, measurement and geometry, number sense and graphing, ending the…

A student's perception of the educators in his life is his reality, and it's this reality that really matters, explains Whole Child Programs director Sean Slade. Slade explains how to reach students flying under the radar and shares two examples of educators who built powerful connections with learners in their schools.