A study suggests giving students an extra day off improves learning. It could also be a step in the right direction for teacher workloads.

Sommaren 2013 beslöt SKL och regeringen att tillsammans genomföra insatser för att främja digitalisering och digital samverkan inom viktiga samhällsområden. För skolans del resulterade detta efterhand i det webbaserade självskattningsverktyget LIKA samt bildandet av Nationellt forum för skolans digitalisering, skriver Stefan Pålsson.

If you want your school system to be a better performer you borrow or copy the approaches of those who seem to be doing better, right? Maybe not. Borrowing best practices seems like a no-brainer, but, in this post, the authors argue that in education, it isn’t always a good idea.

Researcher says ‘digital sunset’ might improve sleep quality as separate study shows girls turn to social media when they’re anxious.

En varm och kärleksfull uppväxtmiljö, kombinerad med att barn uppmuntras tro på sin egen förmåga att påverka saker som ska hända, har betydelse för deras skolresultat. Det är en av slutsatserna som dras i en avhandling kring barn och föräldraskap.

Free online lessons called Pixar in a Box are aimed at engaging students by using math to solve technical problems that animators face. Pixar and Khan Academy teamed to create the lessons, which also offer a glimpse into the life of an animator.

This article includes tips to help school district chief information officers select the right devices and operating systems for their schools.

A professor takes on the failures of graduate education, in which scholars work for years with little chance of the kind of research job their mentors hold.

TV shows are distorting the public's views on teaching and are putting teachers off the profession, says Sir Michael Wilshaw, chief inspector of school.

High school should start between 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., and college classes should be held no earlier than 11 a.m., said researchers from the University of Oxford, Harvard Medical School and the University of Nevada, Reno.

Tactile and kinesthetic tasks combined with game-based learning can help engage students with diverse learning needs, educator Matthew Farber writes in this blog post.

How flipped educators can create video tutorials in no time.