Demokrati ska genomsyra allt arbete på förskolan. Förskolans demokratiuppdrag är en av verksamhetens viktigaste hörnstenar och förskollärarna förväntas omsätta uppdraget i sin praktik. Men vilket uttryck tar sig arbetet i vardagen på en förskola? Det har Katarina Ribaeus undersökt i sin avhandling.

Communication is key to an effective teacher-evaluation process, writes district superintendent Nicholas A. Fischer.

"We've heard the same thing from teachers in elementary and secondary schools, from new teachers and veterans: Most professional development experiences fail to affect what teachers do in the classroom each day," write educators Emily Dolci Grimm, Trent Kaufman and Dave Doty.

"The movement toward flexible time for assessment is obviously challenging, but these steps can make the shift more manageable -- even in the face of immovable educational demands on our time," writes education consultant Andrew Miller.

Beginner-friendly computer-programming languages such as Scratch and TouchDevelop are making coding more accessible, allowing students as young as 8 to create games, animations and art through simple instructions and blocks of code.

Traverse City High School math teacher Jodi Murphy received a grant to purchase four Texas Instruments CBR 2 Sonic Motion Detectors to use in her classroom. They plug into graphing calculators and can make graphs based on objects' distance.

Social media provides a space for co-teachers to exchange ideas, special-education teacher Elizabeth Stein writes. In this blog post, she describes how she uses social media, such as a twice-monthly Twitter chat #coteachat, to connect with other educators.

Social storytelling robots that offer personalised teaching are giving preschool children a boost with their language skills.

The goal of Teacher Powered Schools initiative, led by Education Evolving, is to seed a movement that will inspire other teachers in schools across the country to realize their potential as leaders.

På Karlbergsskolan i Köping pågår projektet Amores som ska öka ungas läsförståelse och lust att läsa. - Det är det bästa projektet jag varit med i. Otroligt välplanerat och intressant, säger läraren Ylva Sundström.

I antologin "Barndom, lärande och ämnesdidaktik" skriver forskare och forskarstuderande om resultat och analyser från sin forskning om små barns lärande i förskolan.