Tools like Expeditions, SAM and Lifeliqe connect kids to the greater world using augmented and virtual reality, while PocketLabs allows students to collect data for scientific experiments.

Educator introduces "gamification" in fourth-grade class.

A new platform gives some students a message they rarely hear: They can go to college.

EU-kommissionen har tagit fram ett verktyg för hela unionen: SELFIE: Self-reflection tool for digitally capable schools. I den kan skolor se hur långt de kommit med digitaliseringen jämfört med andra skolor i Europa som använder Selfie.

Når gutter begynner på skolen, kjenner de igjen færre bokstaver enn jenter gjør. Forskjellen er like tydelig ved slutten av skoleåret.

Math teacher Giulia Bini used a video game and YouTube videos to help teach calculus to students. Bini assigned a video game as homework and through it, as well as other strategies, she says students' grades increased 10%.

Sustaining transformative change to complicated school systems is hard work, requiring leaders to attend to five pillars: permission, support, community engagement, accountability and staying the course.

Repeated failure can result in student disengagement, but some educators are testing strategies to help combat this cycle. Math teacher Michael Gallin is one such educator who is helping students address math phobia by helping them learn from failure.

Teachers and policymakers see advantages of education beyond the classroom for children, from fitness to resilience.

If we could understand how the infant mind develops, it might help every child reach their full potential. But seeing them as learning machines is not the answer.

Schools are moving toward a model of continuous, lifelong learning in order to meet the needs of today’s economy.

Elias är ny språklärare på Tammelanskolan i Tammerfors i södra Finland. Elias kan 23 språk, har oändligt tålamod och får aldrig en elev att skämmas för sina frågor. Elias är även en robot.