I Portugal har skolresor genom historien använts för att modernisera skolundervisningen och samhället. Detta som ett led i arbetet med landets utveckling och framsteg. Det framkommer i en ny avhandling av Inês Félix vid Umeå universitet. Hon har granskat skolresornas historia, framförallt med fokus på statliga regleringar, utbildningsdiskussioner och undervisningsformer.

Om utbildningsvetenskapliga begrepp hamnar i facket populära trender, så kan det lätt leda till att förenklade och generella recept för klassrummet proklameras och införs, något som inte gagnar vare sig elever eller lärare. Det menar professor John Hattie, verksam vid University of Melbourne.

Nej, formativ bedömning är inte ”ännu en utbildningsfluga”. Det är helt enkelt ett av de mest effektiva och minst kostsamma sätten att förbättra utbildning, skriver Dylan Wiliam, professor emeritus vid University College London.

In this commentary, Gaia Ines Fasso, an edtech consultant and student of experience design at the University of the Arts, London, shares how several innovative schools are approaching remote learning. At a middle school in California, students practice daily mindfulness exercises, and educators took an opportunity recently to address rumors they've heard about the coronavirus.

Integrating audio recording into lessons for early language learners has improved outcomes for students in three key ways, writes Becca Masse, a kindergarten teacher in Auburn, Maine. In this blog post, she shares how the recordings have helped honor the diversity of students' backgrounds, encourage peer-to-peer learning and accelerate vocabulary learning.

A recent study gleaned five insights on virtual instruction by examining the techniques shared in common by top-rated online instructors.

Working remotely is changing teaching, and it affects how school teams work together as well. Addressing these questions will help teams ensure that they’re doing their best work.

The challenges the coronavirus presents for state education departments — and how to deal with them.

School counselors say the coronavirus pandemic has so destabilized kids' lives that the result is genuinely traumatic. And closed schools make it harder for counselors to help.

A first-time principal in the South Bronx paired wraparound services with academic rigor to create a thriving community school. Educators now worry what will happen to its students, some of the neediest in the city.

Running out of home schooling ideas? Take the kids on a virtual voyage with these interactive learning tools, from safaris to cooking lessons with an Italian chef.