Paul Kirschner och Mirjam Neelen förklarar vad “hjärnträning” är, varför det inte fungerar och hur vi ska lär oss att undvika “hjärnbaserade dumheter”.

Trees for Cities, one of the four groups we are supporting in the 2019 charity appeal, helps schools in deprived areas create inspiring green spaces.

Guest blogger Erika Johnson: As a teacher, I like to bring in foods that are unknown to my students. But until recently, I did not fully grasp the inequities around food and food education in our nation.

Discussions about the achievement gap in education may be promoting a negative stereotype about the achievement of students of color, according to researchers from the University of Southern California's Rossier School of Education. In this opinion piece, they share their research on how the conversation might be framed to promote equity.

The idea behind project-based learning is that students can apply academic concepts to real-world problems. But more traditional styles of instruction — like math and literacy — still happen at the Portfolio School.

Schools in Finland start teaching the foundations of coding to students in early grades using decidedly low-tech methods, writes Derek Newton, who visited schools for Helsinki Education Week. Young students in Finnish schools learn about coding and the skills that are key to it - such as problem-solving, iteration and sequencing - through tactile games…

A recent study finds that the best way to create and sustain intercultural mindsets in US youth is to teach about cultural perspectives and provide volunteer opportunities. In the study, both students and teachers said classroom discussions about world events can boost sensitivity about different cultures, particularly as part of whole-child education.

Harwich and Dovercourt High School is focused on the benefits that reading books outside the classroom can bring.

Students' hearing may affect their performance in school, according to a study of 5,000 elementary-school students in the Netherlands. Data show that students with a slight or mild hearing impairment may affect students' behavior and academic performance.

More than 300 schools in the UK have volunteered to serve as "ed tech testbeds" that will test new products in the classroom by collaborating with software developers and researchers. The goal is to more quickly generate evidence about which products are useful -- and which are not -- in classroom settings.