"No one really teaches speaking. We assign speaking, but that's way different than teaching," explains ASCD EDge community member Erik Palmer in his recently posted video clip.

A recent international ranking shows that English-language skills have improved in Russia. However, experts say that to move above its current ranking of 29th out of 54 countries, the country must improve language education in public schools.

A Minnesota school district is investing in more classroom technology as part of its efforts to improve student achievement. That push, which includes a focus on literacy, as well as science, technology, engineering and math, was seen recently when second-grade students were given iPads to use in class.

Social media and online communities are just as influential as school league tables, according to a new survey.

The headquarters of what has rapidly become the largest school in the world, at 10 million students strong, is stuffed into a few large communal rooms in a decaying 1960s office building hard by the commuter rail tracks in Mountain View, Calif.

Nick Morrison explores how schools are using video conferencing, chatrooms, picture messaging, blogging and more to connect with schools in other countries

Nicole Ruda, Elsa Risby och Isa Rydelius är tre gymnasieelever som pluggar i Medelpad och är intresserade av internationella frågor. De har åkt till Nepal för att jobba med biståndsarbete.

People hoping to train as teachers face literacy and numeracy tests under measures to be announced by the Scottish government.

The power of the Internet represents a dramatic shift in the way people will learn, and is perhaps the greatest innovation to meet education in 200 years, asserts the writer of this article.

As social services are cut back, teachers are left to struggle with the complex needs of vulnerable children.

What might happen if educators experimented with some of the lessons YouTube’s staggering success has taught us?

I början av oktober åkte elever och lärare från hantverksprogrammet på Knut Hahnsskolan i Ronneby till Turkiet. Nu är de tillbaka och har många nya intryck med sig.