På Ryenberget skole kan en lærer bli ønsket velkommen med rød løper. Slikt blir det godt arbeidsmiljø av.

I have three roles in my classroom: teacher, parent and social worker. Sometimes the actual teaching part is the least important.

A small school district in Upstate New York tossed out state-developed Common Core teaching materials and let teachers create their own tools.

Konsten får barnen att se rymden ur ett nytt perspektiv samtidigt som de upptäcker konst på ett annorlunda sätt. Följ med Önskeringens förskola på ett intergalaktiskt museibesök.

Ett experimenterande arbetssätt där barnens frågor får leda projektet om rymden vidare till nästa nivå. Resultatet blir gemensamt utforskande där förskollärarna lär sig lika mycket nytt som barnen.

Får du en stund över kan mobilen vara ett utmärkt verktyg för att lära sig saker. Björn Hedin visar i sin avhandling hur mobilen kan användas vid inlärning. Särskilt gynnsamt är det att utnyttja de korta stunderna till förberedelser och repetition.

Guide details new digital learning opportunities.

A Connecticut high school is using an online learning platform in its Learning Lab to support students at risk of not graduating and to offer additional support for students with special needs. Officials say the program can be customized to meet students' individual learning needs.

This article highlights how two school districts are using technology to better communicate with parents. Efforts include making student information available online and providing more real-time communication services with parents.

Textbooks alone will not allow teachers to meet the goals of Common Core State Standards in social studies and history, educator Mary Janzen writes. In this blog post, she shares how she uses digital resources to teach social studies and history and prepare students to be "civic-life ready."

Preschool programs that teach self-regulation skills may help boost student achievement in math and other subjects, according to a recent study published in Early Childhood Research Quarterly. Researchers found that such lessons produced even better results among disadvantaged students.

Teacher leadership is valuable for student achievement and the teaching profession, writes Sean Slade, director of whole child programs at ASCD. Still, greater planning, purpose and intent is needed for effective teacher-leadership models, he writes in this blog post.