In Japanese classrooms, teachers consciously design tasks that are slightly beyond the capabilities of the students they teach, so the students can actually experience struggling with something just outside their reach.

Ju fler undervisningsmetoder en matematiklärare på lågstadiet använder, desto bättre förutsättningar får eleverna att lära sig matte. Det visar en ny avhandling från Linköpings universitet

Den svenska skolan tar inte vara på elevernas lust att lära. "Skolan klarar varken att stötta de svagaste eleverna eller att utmana de starkaste, vilket leder till bristande motivation hos alla", säger Joanna Giota, docent vid Göteborgs universitet.

Classrooms of the future could use virtual immersion for language learning.

A new risk has arisen for school technology leaders: Being perceived as inessential.

Isaac Pineda, the technology-integration specialist at a private school in Monterrey, Mexico, that has a one-to-one technology program, shares in this blog post three lessons learned during his school's integration process.

The prime minister wants schoolchildren to learn Mandarin, but it is a notoriously difficult language. From filthy mistakes to the impossibility of text messaging, here are eight of the biggest challenges.

Teachers can follow five steps to make Twitter their own secret weapon for improving their practice with a strong professional learning network, teacher Jo-Ann Fox writes in this blog post.

This week: how teachers can help pupils with tourettes, schools breaking admission systems rules and more.

Les lektor Tor Arne Holms seks forslag til hvordan norsk skole kan bli bedre.

"Det er fint, hvis PISA-undersøgelsen giver os anledning til at diskutere, hvad det gør med børn, at de konstant har adgang til teknologi", mener lektor Jeppe Bundsgaard fra Institut for Uddannelse og Pædagogik på Aarhus Universitet.

Learning to focus on one task while tuning out the many distractions vying for attention is a crucial life skill that some students are missing.