Hur får man en elev att verkligen förstå en text på djupet? Marie Trapp undervisar eleverna med hjälp av fem läsfixare. Metoden bygger på samma lässtrategier som goda läsare använder sig av.  

A study that evaluated the use of iPads in three schools in a South Carolina school district has found test scores have not improved as officials had hoped. However, officals said the iPad initiative has garnered positive feedback and the district should continue with plans to expand the program.

Misbehaving students should be made to do lines, write essays, run around a playing field or pick up litter, according to guidance issued last week. Would it work?

For as long as there have been schools, people have been asking what is the point of them. Quite a lot of pupils have asked that question, of course. But some notable grown-ups have pondered the matter, too.

Elevernas dalande intresse för naturvetenskap och teknik kan motverkas genom en mera verklighetsbaserad undervisning. Lärare som genomgått kompetensutveckling för att kunna förändra undervisningen i den riktningen är beroende av stöd från sina kolleger. Det visar studier från en ny forskningsavhandling vid Göteborgs universitet.

I skoleåret 2012/2013 prøvde Levanger videregående skole ut en ny metode for å forsøke å få alle velberget gjennom mattefaget. "Gjennombruddsmetoden" viste seg å fungere svært bra.

The new approach to special educational needs provision will place pupils at the centre of planning and make teachers more accountable for their progress. Amy Cook offers a quick guide to the reforms.

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection is one of the most significant scientific ideas of all time. Celebrate the scientist and his theories on Darwin Day with our resources.

The challenges of rural schools are many of the same (though not all) that low-income public schools face across the country: inadequate access to technology and broadband, tight budgets, and educators who have not been trained in using technology in meaningful ways.

This new invention from the MIT Media Lab will no doubt be controversial. Readers strap themselves into a robotic suit equipped with sensors that literally make the reader feel the emotions conveyed in the text as the reader flips pages.

Dystra rapporter visar att symptom på psykisk ohälsa bland ungdomar har fördubblats under de senaste 20 åren. Boken "Samtal i skolan – en möjlighet till utveckling" visar hur skolan med hjälp av samtal kan öka förutsättningen för elevers lärande och psykiska hälsa.

De vuxna på skolan är redan nu nöjda med läsprojektet "Fyrvalla läser" i Östersund och dess effekt på eleverna. – De sitter och läser i korridoren. Det är fascinerande.