At two schools in Australia, students with disabilities are using iPad devices to better communicate and participate in classroom lessons. The Gowrie Primary School is using the technology in its special-education classrooms as part of a program piloted at Canberra's Malkara School.

Technology should not be "everywhere in the classroom," writes Douglas Rushkoff, a digital literacy advocate. Among his points in this blog post are the potential dangers associated with technology and the responsibility of educators to consider whether a digital tool or device will improve teaching and learning.

Uddannelsesministeren præsenterer mandag en række nye aftaler med professionshøjskolerne om, at de skal sikre de lærerstuderende flere timer med deres undervisere.

Should teacher orientation include the sort of counterterrorism training we give flight crews today?

Hannah Lohmann Devantier og Vibe Toftum, der går i 8. klasse på Engelsborgskolen i Lyngby, er ikke tvivl. En 37 timers skoleuge, som folkeskolereformen lægger op, vil gøre det rigtigt svært at få tid til at gå til fodbold, dykning og teater, som de gør nu. Og det vil gå ud over motivationen og koncentrationen…

Public-school trustees in Alberta, Canada, have voted to implement a yoga curriculum developed in Calgary at a high school in Edmonton. Supporters say such courses could offer an alternative to physical-education courses and promote healthy living.

During the International Symposium on Open, Distance and E-Learning, officials in Indonesia announced plans to use ICT-based education in schools. Under the plan, information and communication technology would be rolled out in 100,000 schools nationwide by 2014.

A Facebook page maintained by the British Council, which seeks to teach English-language skills to students in the Middle East and North Africa, has more than 1 million "likes." However, officials say the challenge will be in translating the popularity of the page into learners.

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The goal of the new Museum of Mathematics in New York, its founders say, is to show that math is fun, engaging, exciting.

In Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, some teachers will undergo testing in English, maths and science, and the results of those tests will be used to determine professional-development needs. The Cambridge Placement Tests, to be administered online, will gauge whether teachers are ready to teach in bilingual classrooms, in part by assessing teachers' skills in…

In Australia, experts are looking for the cause of poor international academic rankings. Some are pointing to teacher quality, especially in primary schools, and school funding also has been cited./www.smartbrief.com/serv