Sedan mitten av 1990-talet har EU aktivt uppmuntrat egenföretagande i sina policyer. Inte minst högskoleutbildade och kvinnor förväntas enligt dessa policyer vara grupper med hög potential att starta eget. Men enligt en studie vid Göteborgs universitet är den utvecklingen osannolik. Skälet är att EU har hämtat sina idéer från USA, vars samhällsstruktur skiljer sig för…

Alisa Fast, förstelärare i svenska, svenska som andraspråk och SO på Lindängeskolan, svarar på “Skicka vidare”-frågorna från Anna Kersti Stjernfeldt.

Som ett led i Johannesskolans språkutvecklande arbete har författaren Anja Gatu besökt skolan under hösten. Förutom att hon har haft workshops och författarsamtal med hela lågstadiet menar också läraren Mariann Mattsson att det är viktigt att få in andra vuxna inom skolans väggar som inspiration för eleverna: "Det är ofta såna här möten man kommer ihåg…

Two recent studies from EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research find that a majority of college students and faculty prefer learning that is mostly or completely face-to-face - rather than online. Most, however, indicated they were in favor of some sort of blended approach, in which learning takes place in person and online.

According to research, nurturing prosocial behaviors may improve academic outcomes—both classroom grades and test scores.

A change in a prompt can influence how a student responds thinks. A study found that using a problem-based curriculum can help students develop their own hypotheses and take risks — all signs of deeper-level learning.

Preschool-age children are capable of learning complex math lessons, but such lessons are rare at home, largely because parents underestimate children's math abilities, according to a study by researchers at Vanderbilt University. Researchers suggest that rather than focusing on teaching numbers, young children also could learn to complete mazes and games focused on patterns.

Lual Mayen grew up in a camp in Uganda. Now he's the award-winning CEO of a game development company in Washington, D.C., that has just released 'Salaam' — a game about refugees and peace.

It's time for educators to ditch deficit-based thinking and instead focus on the strengths of immigrant students, writes Jessica Lander in this month's Educational Leadership. Here, she provides several concrete strategies teachers and schools can use to honor immigrant students' assets, while still providing rigorous English language instruction.

Transitioning from elementary school principal to room parent opened up a new perspective on what it means to lead a school.

Understanding students’ lives can help teachers foster a sense of belonging and ensure that all students feel respected and challenged.