Langt flere barn på bygda sliter med overvekt enn bybarn. En kultur hvor hjemmelagd kosemat er en selvfølge, mye bilkjøring og motstand mot bykultur, er mulige årsaker.

Fire av ti som blir mobbet, sier at de voksne ikke visste om det.

Der skal både være mere fokus på lærernes vilkår og stilles højere krav til, hvem der er lærere. Det viser en ny ph.d.-afhandling "Lærerens relationskompetence".

Technology is helping support teachers in the classroom - not replacing them - educators said at the recent NY EdTech Week global innovation festival. Chris Rush, co-founder and chief program officer at the nonprofit New Classrooms, suggested that technology could be used for grading, which would allow teachers to spend more time with students.

These teachers say they’ve found a digital tool that melds tried-and-true teacher practices with effective online collaboration.

There are many reasons why students can’t make it to school as planned: snow days, a local disaster, a flu outbreak or professional development days for teachers. But does that mean that all teaching and learning should come to a screeching halt?

Some college professors and K-12 educators in Ohio are integrating cutting-edge technology in classroom lessons. Among them are high-school teacher David Kaser, whose students are using virtual-reality headsets in the classroom.

A brain-mapping exercise helps to explain why some people are creative -- and others are not as creative -- suggests Roger Beaty, a postdoctoral fellow in cognitive neuroscience at Harvard University. In this commentary, Beaty, who led the study, explains what makes some people more creative than others.

EdSurge spoke with two educators who are working to merge ideas from science fiction novels with our reality.

Chronically low-performing states must work to overcome structural disadvantages and longstanding challenges that many of them share.

Some teachers are tapping virtual reality in classroom lessons. Three educators show how they are using virtual reality, including a high-school teacher who takes students on virtual field trips and another who introduced a virtual-reality lab.

After they sat down at their desks at Montour Elementary School, the students quickly dove in and adjusted their characters and settings within their personal Minecraft accounts.