Programledaren Karin Nygårds diskuterar med en barnpanel den digitala vardagen och hur tekniken bakom påverkar oss. Ämnet i programmet är mobilspel.

Hjärnforskning skulle stärka lärarutbildningarna, tror hjärnforskaren Julia Uddén. Läsinlärning och undervisning i svenska som andraspråk är två områden där hjärnforskningen och psykologin kan tillföra något i klassrummen.

Lärare behöver arbeta mer språkutvecklande i NO-ämnena för att elever ska kunna förstå innehållet och språket. Samtidigt visar forskning att lärare ser brister i sin kommunikation med eleverna och att de saknar stödmaterial.

”Jag brukar säga till mina elever att slöjd är det enda ämnet där de får tänka självständigt och lösa svårigheter själva eftersom det inte finns någon färdig lösning på problemet. En sådan undervisning resulterar i många olika typer av lösningar, precis som i verkligheten i den värld innovatören, utvecklaren, designern och alla vi andra lever…

A station rotation model can help teachers improve the efficiency and effectiveness of reading assessments, writes Taryn Fletcher, deputy superintendent of the Camden City School District in New Jersey. Fletcher outlines three steps for implementing this model, including collecting baseline data and turning data into intervention.

The education sector, both higher education and K-12, is particularly vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks as efforts to secure its networks lag behind those of other industries, a report from security company SecurityScorecard finds. Company Co-founder Sam Kassoumeh says systemic underfunding of IT departments has contributed to the problem.

School leaders can access free resources through The Unlocking Time Project aimed at helping them rethink how they are using time. Jason Medlin, a high-school principal who adopted master scheduling software, says if "you can build the right schedule, have the kids in the right classes with the right teachers, your school is going to…

Researchers found higher rates of bullying and certain teasing in areas where voters favored Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election.

Jack Silva didn't know anything about how children learn to read. What he did know is that a lot of students in his district were struggling. Silva is the chief academic officer for Bethlehem, Pa., public schools. In 2015, only 56 percent of third-graders were scoring proficient on the state reading test. That year, he…

A study that tracked parental usage of a math app with their first-grade children showed it especially benefited children whose parents were stressed by math. "It changed parents' expectation that their kids can do well in math because they got the opportunity to see their kids engaging in math and enjoying it," according to study…

La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, is piloting a companion robot for students with special needs in a Victorian school. Based on teacher input, the highly interactive robot, Matilda, teaches social and academic skills, such as offering fun activities for students who can wait their turn.

Kooperativt lärande är ett inkluderande inlärningssätt som sprider sig allt mer i skolans värld och som på senare tid gjort succé på Aspås skola.