Black, male and academically underprepared students fare far worse in online than in face-to-face courses, while outcomes for adults actually gain on traditional-age students in online settings, study finds.

Ann-Christine Vallberg-Roth, professor i pedagogik vid Malmö högskola, ska göra en stor jämförande studie av de fem nordiska ländernas förskola åt norska Kunskapsdepartementet. Hon har i konkurrens med andra fått uppdraget att närmare undersöka förskolans styrdokument.

Lärarjouren har nyligen fått besked om att man åter igen, som en av tre leverantörer, får teckna avtal med Sollentuna kommun avseende lärarvikarier. Lärarjouren har som affärsidé att förse skolor och förskolor med kvalificerade vikarier. Bland delägarna finns Stockholms universitet och KTH.

Under våren lär Västerbottens landskapsväsen elever i Skellefteå kommun hur de tillämpar källkritik.

På grund- och förskolenämndens initiativ har utbildningsförvaltningen genomfört en studie av lärares arbete i kommunen. Studien ger en bild av lärares arbetssituation och tidsanvändning sett utifrån ett antal lärares vardag inom den kommunala grundskolan i Haninge kommun.

For many educators, helping students direct their own learning is a priority. Educator Alan November, who has been talking about ways to get students to own their learning for years, draws on his experiences as a teacher, principal and education consultant to tell stories about some of the ideas he sees as integral to education.

Technology has made learning an ongoing process no longer limited to annual events, writes Steven Weber, principal of Hillsborough Elementary School in North Carolina.

Girls may absorb and understand language more quickly than boys do, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. The researchers believe there is a higher level of activity of the so-called "language gene" FOXP2 in girls.

Tom Sherrington believes teachers should be engaged in research about education.

It used to be that elementary-school teachers in Ridgefield, Conn., determined which math track students would be on during middle school, but with transition to Common Core State Standards under way in area schools, officials have decided to ask middle-school teachers to make this decision after students complete their first year.

Dansk og matematik står altid øverst på dagsordenen i debatten om fremtidens folkeskole. Politikerne ofrer sjældent billedkompetencer mange overvejelser. Det er en stor fejl, mener professor.

Registered blind since birth, languages lecturer Hannah Thompson explains why she has only recently made her partial blindness an integral part of her teaching and research.