Being an openly homosexual high school teacher has been trying -- and often painful.

En norsk 29-årig lärare har dömts till sex månaders fängelse för att hon haft sexuellt umgänge med sin 16-årige elev i fjol. Vid rättegången i Sarpsborg i sydöstra Norge sade pojken att han kände sig pressad till handlingen.

In this blog post, high-school English teacher Nicholas Provenzano writes that technology has changed what it means to be literate in today's society.

A school in California has completed construction on its new multimedia iLab, built to support the school's one-to-one iPad initiative. The computer lab, which includes whiteboards, green screens, a sound-booth and other features, is intended to provide a flexible and technology-driven learning space for students.

The online educational tool Learnist is likely to become more popular among teachers, Jessica Van Sack suggests in this opinion piece.

Many educators struggle mightily to grasp how technology can be utilized in ways that actually help students learn. In a larger sense, it's tough to implement promising new techniques and ideas in a system that remains stubbornly old school; where kids still lug around massive dog-eared textbooks and daydream during long-winded lectures.

A highly structured student-teaching environment in preservice is important for building great teachers, Washington teacher Dan Brown writes in this opinion article

With an increased focus on the value of mathematics to the UK economy, Rachael Horsman talks about sharing her love of the subject in a bid to produce more mathematicians.

A unique program at one Pennsylvania school is using the power of television news to teach social skills to youngsters with Asperger’s syndrome.

For students returning to school this year, there is more to back-to-school technology shopping than the latest version of the iPad. Students now have access to gadgets such as the "Powerbag" -- a high-tech backpack with a built-in battery system that can charge electronic devices such as smartphones.

Daglig jobbing må til for å lykkes i kampen mot mobbing, mener Høyre og Frp.