Although the number of students who take online or blended courses is elusive, the reasons they go the virtual route for their studies tend to fall into a few specific categories: academic, personal or health-related or because of other "life interests and circumstances."

Georgia educator Kevin Hughes in this blog post explains how he teaches 21st-century skills through projects and gamification.

From timers to transcripts, these technology tactics can help teachers inspire literacy among reluctant readers.

“You get to take tests over again, and you get to see what you’ve done wrong, instead of just getting a bad grade and leaving it like that.”

Personalizing education does not mean simply putting a laptop in the hands of every teacher and student; rather, it occurs as leaders empower teachers to go beyond the traditional role of a “content expert” and organically diagnose, analyze, guide, instruct, and coach students.

Virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, haptic feedback; the line between these and many other technological realities is becoming blurred and they are beginning to be grouped under one umbrella term: artificial reality. But what is artificial reality and how can it be used effectively in the classroom?

Skolans plats och rykte. Det är faktorer som har stor betydelse för hur ungdomar och föräldrar använder det fria skolvalet. Och som riskerar att leda till både elevsortering och skilda framtidsmöjligheter. En ny avhandling i barn- och ungdomsvetenskap bekräftar bilden av en reform som slagit fel.

Skolans läge och rykte är helt avgörande för hur elever – eller föräldrar – väljer skola. En skola som ligger på en impopulär plats och har dåligt rykte är närmast chanslös på skolmarknaden, visar Anna Ambrose i sin doktorsavhandling.

I ett nytt forskningsprojekt om robotar i skolan ska barn få agera lärare till en robot som programmeras som "den ideala eleven" – det vill säga är nyfiken, frågvis och vill veta och förstå allt. Nu vill Högskolan Väst ta reda på om robotens lär-beteende kan "smitta av sig" på barnen.

Eksperiment viser "entydigt", at børn, der udøver musik, er bedre til at huske tal end deres jævnaldrende.

High-quality early childhood development programs can deliver an annual return of 13 percent per child on upfront costs through better outcomes in education, health, employment and social behavior in the decades that follow, according to a new study by Nobel-winning economist James Heckman and researchers at the University of Chicago and University of Southern California.

The rigidity of the current standards-based system could present a problem as personalized learning tries to grow – although some hope advocates on both sides will find compromise that strengthen both ideas.