Research suggests offspring of highly educated mothers benefit from extended parental leave.

In his series of articles on how psychology research can inform teaching, Bradley Busch picks an academic study and makes sense of it for the classroom. This time: research looking at self-control.

As kids get older, the activities that cultivate imagination often get sidelined by the demands of academics. Professor Wendy Ostroff explains why imagination is so important and has suggestions for bringing back the spark.

Teacher collaboration can help improve teaching and learning, asserts Les Foltos, director of Peer-Ed. In this blog post, Foltos shares five factors to helping teachers learn to collaborate, including the need for trust.

When students enter your classroom at the beginning of the term there are two questions in their minds - "Can I do the work?" and "Will I be accepted here?" Their potential for success depends on them being able to answer "yes" to both of these questions. The language you use plays a big role…

Those participating in an International Literacy Association survey ranked digital literacy as the hottest topic. However, when asked to rank the items by importance, respondents chose early literacy as the most important topic of the moment.

Are your attempts to integrate mindful moments into you or your students' days falling flat? If mindfulness routines are not natural to the activities your students already enjoy, students may have a hard time adopting these habits. Personalized mindfulness gives students the freedom to choose how they want to return to the present whenever their…

Collaborative-leadership models in schools can help school leaders retain teachers, asserts Matthew Joseph, director of digital learning, informational technology and innovation for Milford Public Schools in Massachusetts. In this commentary, he shares seven steps to help foster the model.

Schools in Finland de-emphasise national tests and rankings, says Kristiina Volmari from the Finnish National Agency for Education. This feature takes an in-depth look at education in Finland, including how schools focus on play, creativity and independence.

Resilience refers to the capacity of individuals to prosper despite encountering adverse circumstances. This paper defines academic resilience as the ability of 15-year-old students from disadvantaged backgrounds to perform at a certain level in Pisa (rapport).

Distance learners need to get offline to make the most of their studies. Here’s how to juggle learning with work and family life.

Vid årsskiftet slogs de båda statliga norska verksamheterna Utdanningsdirektoratet och Senter for IKT i utdanningen ihop. Sammanslagningen understryker att digitalisering är numera en del av arbetet med att utveckla, effektivisera och förbättra förskolans och skolans undervisning och administration.