In West Australia, Year 12 students are being advised to stop using social media websites, such as Facebook and Twitter, following research showing that such sites are associated with diminished academic achievement.

More schools in the United Kingdom have adopted "values-based education," which emphasises respect, courage, honesty, compassion and integrity. The teaching method differs from the competitive, test-driven approach taken at other schools, educators say.

Över 1 400 elever som bor utomlands med sina vårdnadshavare fick undervisning i en svensk utlandsskola under läsåret 2011/12. Reguljär undervisning bedrivs i 19 skolor fördelat på 12 länder. Det visar en ny rapport från Skolverket.

This year has seen increasingly noisy calls for revolution in Information Communications Technology (ICT) education, from Google's Eric Schmidt to Ian Livingstone - president of video game publisher Eidos - people have been stating the bleeding obvious: Our children need to learn how to build and design digital technologies, and not be passive users.

Inspired by the optimism of school leaders in Chile, Kathryn Riley is gathering thoughts of hope about the future of education. What do you want from your leaders? And what is the place of school in the lives of young people?

Over the past few years teachers have borne the brunt of the blame for the challenges facing the nation's public schools. But in a scathing op-ed in Salt Lake City's Deseret News, Teresa Talbot, claims "the main problem with our education system today is not what is taught, where it is taught, by whom it…

Alasdair Blackwell of Decoded explains the benefits of learning to write computer code and argues that all children should be taught programming in primary schools.

In a recent post on the ASCD EDge professional networking community for educators, member Jennifer Tuzzeo emphasizes that many new educators are entering classrooms without the practice and training they need to be successful.

Whether you're looking for an icebreaker for the first day of school, a current-events discussion starter, a warm-up activity for a debate or a role-play activity for history or English, these theater-based exercises can work in the classroom, say the writers of this article.

Students in Martina Graham's eighth-grade English class at Anne Chesnutt Middle School recently had a discussion about homelessness without saying a word. The debate was on Edmodo, a social media network that Cumberland County schools started using in November. The site is similar to Facebook, but teachers can moderate everything that happens.

Twitter and Facebook might soon replace traditional professional development for teachers. Instead of enduring hours-long workshops a few times a year, teachers could reach out to peers on the Internet in real time for advice on things like planning a lesson, overcoming classroom management problems, or helping students with disabilities.

Norska lärare ska få utbildning i antirasism, för att bättre kunna förebygga "antisemitism, rasism och odemokratiska attityder".