Today's students would benefit from being given writing assignments across all disciplines, author and educator Katherine McKnight argues in this blog post. "Writing every day, in every class, encourages students to read, analyze and create arguments across content, applying the valuable skill of evidence-based thinking in every subject area," she writes.

A study in the journal Child Development showed that babies raised bilingual had better recognition of familiar images compared with their monolingual counterparts. Researchers also found that bilingual babies paid closer attention to new images than babies exposed to one language.

Companies need to understand what makes a great boss before they start hiring or promoting people into leadership positions, writes S. Chris Edmonds. Identifying key talents such as assertiveness, accountability and relationship-building is the first step toward hiring people who have those traits. "Without a set of 'great boss' standards, companies put people into leadership…

Alan Dyson, professor i utbildningsvetenskap, menar att en elev som anses behöva särskilt stöd inte ska ses som en avvikelse som behöver specialundervisning. Istället ska man anpassa skolan så att den blir mindre svår för eleven (webb-tv).

Whether you are a new teacher or you have a new class, getting to know students can be daunting – but it doesn’t need to be.

A new term means new teaching group. Here are three ways to help your class to get along by creating a learning community.

From the start of the new term, children as young as five will be learning programming skills in the classroom.

Scans and neuroscience are helping scientists understand what happens to the brain when you learn a second language

Bringing making into school classrooms is as simple as taking the first step, no matter how small.

Att locka elever genom att erbjuda idrottsprofilerade skolor blir allt vanligare. Men en avhandling från Göteborgs universitet visar att skolorna ofta saknar lärarutbildade idrottslärare och att de främst lockar pojkar med väutbildade föräldrar.

De tio största skolföretagen har ökat antalet elever i sina grundskolor med 33 procent på två år. Samtidigt tappar de största företagen marknadsandelar i gymnasieskolan. Det visar en ny rapport från Skolverket om privata aktörer i skola och förskola.

Panorama Education, aided by prominent tech investors, is refining student feedback through innovative data collection. School systems are embracing the concept.