Seminarium utifrån boken "Lärare utan frihet: När vänstern och högern kidnappade lärarprofessionen". Om hur politiken sedan 1960-talet försämrat arbetsklimatet för lärarna i skolan. Med bokens författare, Johan Wennström, Skolverkets generaldirektör Anna Ekström och skolforskaren Jonas Vlachos (webb-tv).

En ny studie från KI visar att familjens ekonomiska situation i barndomen inte förklarar risken för brottslighet och/eller missbruksproblem i vuxen ålder. Forskarna har studerat syskon och kusiner med föräldrar som har haft varierande inkomster under barnens uppväxt och kan konstatera att det snarare är andra faktorer i den personliga bakgrunden som tycks vara avgörande.

A growing number of educators are implementing digital storytelling to engage students in lessons. This article offers examples and resources to help educators implement the technique in their own classrooms, including having students interview senior citizens in person and follow up with recorded elements.

Former educator Eric Patnoudes and high-school teacher Jeff Jakob used blogging to motivate and engage students through the use of an authentic audience. In this commentary, Patnoudes writes about the strategies they used in blogging and how the act of publishing inspired students to do good work.

Students who spent more hours playing videogames scored lower on a national academic test in Japan, according to results released by the education ministry.

A growing number of universities and high schools are using anti-plagiarism software programs to compare students' papers to online content. About a quarter of high schools nationwide -- and more than half of higher-education institutions -- use Turnitin to pinpoint areas where students' papers appear similar to existing content, according to the company.

One in three adults who were bullied at school claim that it has had a negative impact on their career prospects and self confidence, new research suggests

Students' interests can help educators develop differentiated learning experiences, education consultant John McCarthy writes in this blog post. He highlights the advantages of student choice, tools teachers can use to tap into student interests and tips to manage student-driven assignments.

Flipped instruction has the ability to shift learning to an inquiry-based model, flipped-learning leaders Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams said during a recent ASCD webinar. This article shares the pair's "Four Ts," which are designed to help teachers integrate flipped instruction in their own classrooms.

At age 4, the brain uses energy at a rate equal to two-thirds of the energy the whole body burns at rest.

Panorama follows students in the run-up to exams to see if one school can honour its pledge and keep disruptive pupils in school as well as get them five GCSEs.

As schools in England adjust to the learning styles of digital natives, technology reportedly is playing an increasingly important role in the classroom. Educators and experts are pushing digitally enhanced lessons as a way to engage students and refine their technology skills for learning.