Not very much, according to many educators. The Common Core standards, which have been adopted in most states, call for teaching legible writing, but only in kindergarten and first grade. After that, the emphasis quickly shifts to proficiency on the keyboard. But psychologists and neuroscientists say it is far too soon to declare handwriting a…

Knowledge has become increasingly abundant, giving educators the opportunity to make the school world look more like the real world.

Girls love to play Minecraft as much as boys, a fact educators would like to use to interest them in coding more generally.

Summer break presents the perfect opportunity for students to dig into games and build skills that’ll reap huge rewards when they return in the fall. Game making can be one of the best ways to get students thinking creatively while cultivating useful technical literacies, and there’s a ton of absorbing tools that students won’t tire…

When we think and talk about learning, the metaphors we use matter. The language we employ when we describe how learning works can illuminate the process, allowing us to make accurate judgments and predictions—or it can lead us astray, setting up false expectations and giving us a misleading impression of what’s going on.

How one district is moving past standardized tests in an effort to show deeper learning.

Believe it or not, one room schoolhouses like the one in Little House on the Prairie still exist. While most public school students don’t have one adult serving as their teacher, principal and guidance counselor all at once, the model allows for a style of teaching that could benefit teachers everywhere.

Årskurs 3 på Kvarnbyskolan ska åka till Historiska museet. För att skapa intresse för föremålen som finns där använder de sig av en strategi de kallar "frågeapan". Strategin innebär att ställa nyfikna frågor (webb-tv).

Utomhuspedagogiken är en självklar del av verksamheten på Torslunda skola och förskola. Kunskaperna sätter sig bättre när eleverna får använda hela kroppen, säger rektor och förskolechef Linnéa Danielsson.

Det är näst sista veckan på slottet och snart dags för Nationella provet. Detta prov avgör ifall deltagarna får examen. Eleverna kämpar med svenska språket och flera ligger och väger på gränsen.

Att åka på semester kan få konsekvenser. Det var under en Mallorcaresa som Said Heidari berördes starkt av en utställning som han råkade titta på. Med de intrycken i bagaget for han hem till fritidshemmet Torpet.

How one district is moving past standardized tests in an effort to show deeper learning.