To develop mutual respect between teachers, students and staff, it's important to value one another -- not laugh or make fun of mistakes -- and use good manners, elementary-school principal Montie Koehn writes in this blog post. Other suggestions include helping one another and cheering others' successes.

How Google Classroom can benefit teachers and students.

När ett lärandematerial består av både text och bild är det inte alls säkert att bilden studeras eller att den bidrar positivt till läsförståelsen. Det som avgör är materialets design och läsförmågan hos läsaren. Det visar en avhandling vid Göteborgs universitet.

Skolministeriets reporter träffade tre lärarstudenter från Stockholms universitet som snart tar examen. Resultatet blev ett program med klokskap, känsla och hopp inför framtiden.

Barn som fått diagnosen uppförandestörning bör också få sin motorik och perception undersökt. Har de svårigheter med koordination av rörelser och är känsliga för exempelvis vissa ljud, smaker, lukt och beröring bör de även utredas för adhd och autismspektrumtillstånd, menar en grupp forskare vid bland annat Lunds universitet.

15 Twitter feeds educators should follow.

As National Insect Week approaches, here are some fun lesson ideas to help you bring creepy crawlies to life in the classroom.

New Hampshire is the first state to change its education policies to credit high school students — and soon elementary and middle school students, too — for progressing based on what they’ve mastered, not the number of hours they spend in school.

In an article for Pacific Standard Battina Chang writes that just 12 minutes of aerobic exercise closed the pre-existing score gap between low-income and higher-income students in the study.

Learning computational thinking and its language, various forms of computer code, needs to be elevated to the same level of importance as reading as writing, lest we risk perpetuating inequality in public education, argues Tasneem Raja in her Mother Jones article.

Learning resources can include not only online materials — courses, worksheets, videos, podcasts and the like — but also things like your local library or museum, or even your backyard. Here’s an overview of some of the types of resources to consider.

The long school year is coming to an end and one primary teacher has a few things to share.