Just getting underway, the 2017–18 school year looks to be one filled with difficult classroom conversations about current events.

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Melissa Badeker, a former teacher in Baltimore, three years ago opened the Teacher Supply Swap -- a warehouse where teachers can donate and access free classroom supplies. She estimates that since she opened the swap, educators have received more than $100,000 in supplies.

Cyberbullies are around 20 per cent more likely to have suicidal thoughts and attempt suicide than non-perpetrators.

De har undersøkt hva forskningen sier om nasjonale prøver og elevresultater. Og den lar seg ikke alltid overføre til norske forhold.

600 lærere og pædagoger har været på efteruddannelse, og konklusionen er klar: De, der lærer i fællesskab, lærer bedre end de, der sidder alene med det. Når man kan diskutere sin nye viden med andre, sidder det bedre fast og giver et skærpet blik i undervisningen.

Kenneth Nordgren blev i början på sommaren anställd som professor i de samhällsvetenskapliga ämnenas didaktik vid Karlstads universitet. Professuren är den första av sitt slag som utlysts i Sverige.

Young children have an easier time exporting what they learn from a fictional storybook to the real world when the storybook is realistic, says psychologist Tania Lombrozo.

Life lessons. ShutterstockIn times of conflict, education is often viewed as the place to promote better relations. Under the UK’s “Prevent” policy, nurseries, schools and universities are treated as places where the growth of radical extremism may be undermined.  

Children attending Ontario’s full-day kindergarten are outperforming their half-day peers at the end of Grade 2, according to a new study that upends older research that found the Liberal government’s signature education program made little difference for pupils.