Students caught tapping on a smartphone in school once faced harsh consequences. The rule was, "we see it, we take it." But, the Hillsborough County School District has shifted its views on allowing students to use their electronic devices in the classroom. The district sees smartphones, tablets, and laptops as educational tools.

Educators need the training and resources to utilize years of research into students' learning differences and strengths, especially for those with or awaiting testing for learning disabilities or differences, former principal and author Carol Hunter writes in this blog post. She shares some of the neuroscience research on learning styles and steps to incorporate the…

Children fluent in two languages learn better in noisy classrooms than pupils who speak just one, research suggests.

Barn till utrikes födda och lågutbildade föräldrar gynnas mest av att gå på förskola före tre års ålder. Det visar en tysk forskningsrapport från IFAU.

"Independent learners will be motivated to confront relevant problems, engage in challenging tasks, persevere long enough to overcome obstacles, and have ownership of goals for new learning," writes ASCD Professional Learning Services Faculty member Tony Frontier. In a recent Inservice post, Frontier shares five areas that educators must address in order to foster independent learners.

By reading and talking to babies from birth, research has shown kids can enter school better prepared for success.

Writer to use David Fickling lecture to argue that some teaching methods promoting literacy are polluting the reading experience.

Neuroscientists have known for a long time that regular quizzing on information helps make it stick, but students and teachers don’t always know how to apply that research to classroom practice or study habits.

Skolans användning av ny teknik tar ytterligare ett steg. Nu används ett 3D-klassrum på prov på Kungsgårdsskolan i Ängelholm.

Kan en gitarr hjälpa till att utveckla språk och integrera ämnen? Ja, det tror i alla fall Burlövs kommun som erbjuder pedagogerna gitarrkurser.

As robotics gains steam in K-12 classrooms with the popularity of computer programming, this article suggests six resources to help teachers introduce such concepts in the classroom. Among them are Lego Robotics from Texas Tech University, which allows teachers to create their own Lego Robotics programs.

It is important that students feel their teachers "get" them, asserts high-school math teacher Robert Ahdoot.