Students in some of the lowest-performing schools in Detroit will have access this fall to virtual-learning opportunities made possible through a partnership between Detroit's Education Achievement Authority - a state initiative to turn around low-performing schools - and the Michigan Virtual University.

Students attending some Fresno County, Calif., schools soon will be able to anonymously report bullying and other crimes by using a smartphone application called TipNow.

Some Los Angeles schoolteachers who use iPads in classroom lessons say it's necessary for teachers to give up some control to make the technology initiative successful.

Colleges and universities nationwide increasingly are using social media to market their brands, recruit new students and disseminate information.

The Dell foundation has released the first of a series of case studies that examine blended learning approaches at five charter management organizations across the United States.

Students with disabilities at Toyon Elementary School in San Jose, Calif., use the service Bookshare to access an online library of digital books in versions that have been made accessible to those with disabilities.

Principal Bert Strassburg was confident that if his Hilltop Elementary students could take the Minnesota state math test online, teachers would get the information they needed to boost achievement.

In Calgary, Alberta, a growing number of college professors are using social media websites, including Twitter and Fa.cebook, as teaching tools.

The adoption of Common Core State Standards will bring more opportunities for teachers to collaborate in online learning communities, writes fifth-grade teacher Christine Newell.

The sticky note can be a powerful teaching tool, suggests education consultant Ben Johnson. In this blog post, he writes about a teacher who asks students to write something they have learned on a note and stick it to the door while exiting class, enabling the teacher to assess their understanding.

Ben Morse argues that for as long as universities fail to recognise achievements in critical thinking with UCAS points, the subject will continue to be ignored at secondary level.

If we don't take programming and web design seriously in schools, the UK will fall behind its global competitors.