A British school takes on Chinese teachers and Chinese teaching methods – but, outside of a country where education is based on authority and respect, things soon descend into chaos.
Educators at Nordahl Grieg Upper Secondary, a public high school in Norway, are taking a unique approach to teaching that treats video games as just another classroom tool.
In the most recent issue of Education Update, writer Kathy Checkly explains how teachers can use improv in classrooms to help students consider bullying from different points of views.
In this article from ASCD's summer issue of Educational Leadership, teacher leadership coach Elisa MacDonald analyzes the impressive turnaround achieved at William Monroe Trotter Innovation School in Boston, Mass.
Teacher Samantha McBurney in this blog post describes the innovative classroom hacks she uses to affordably customize her classroom for teaching efficiency and student engagement.
When it comes to using technology in the classroom, teachers “have to be open-minded” and willing to take risks, said Moananui Blankenfeld, a senior at Kamehameha Schools Hawai’i during a conversation I had with her and her peers at their tabletop session at ISTE 2015.
This month, SmartBlog on Education is exploring classroom design and management — just in time for the new school year. In this blog post, educator Cheryl Mizerny shares strategies used by master teachers to help engage and motivate students.
Det finns nästan inga utbildningar till modersmålslärare i Sverige trots att vi sedan 70-talet har haft en lag som ger flerspråkiga elever rätt till undervisning i sitt modersmål.
Inför skolstarten finns det över hundra lediga lärarjobb i Västerbottens län, jobb som är svåra att besätta. Och enligt Skolverkets prognos kan det bli mycket värre i framtiden.