The key is giving students the decision-making tools they need to shape their own learning experiences.

A Florida school launched Active Learning Environments five years ago - bringing high-tech, student-driven education to its classrooms. In this blog post, Chad Lewis, the school's director of technology, shares three practices educators use to keep the student-led learning on track.

Some research shows that describing experiences in pessimistic ways can lead to lower achievement. In this blog post, educational consultant Lorea Martinez describes how teaching optimism can help students respond to challenges.

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.