Virtually every discussion of 21st-century learning puts innovation and its close cousin, creativity, atop the list of skills students must have for the future.

What does it take to ensure the successful rollout of a one-to-one iPad program? In this blog post, Jac de Haan, technology integration specialist, outlines step-by-step what a successful two-month rollout should look like.

English teacher Randy Turner remembers Stephanie Taylor, a student who was in one of his early sixth-grade creative-writing classes and who, this year, will be teaching her own class for the first time. In this blog post, he offers advice for her and other first-year teachers.

Educators can make a difference by developing a long-term vision for their school and a plan for achieving it, education activist Sam Chaltain writes in this blog post.

For the students out there, the closing of summer means a change of scenery, from beach and bonfires to classrooms and textbooks. To ready yourself into study mode, we're highlighting six tech products to bring out the A student in you.

Vicki Davis, a full-time teacher, award-winning blogger and co-founder of the Flat Classroom projects, writes in this blog post about how students and teachers can become co-creators on the "journey of learning".

Teachers at some Maryland middle schools are participating in an ongoing professional-development program provided by the Verizon Foundation to help them incorporate technology into their classrooms.

Students in Monina Salazar's third-grade classroom at Live Oak Elementary School in San Ramon, Calif., used to make dioramas about science biomes; now, they create audio podcasts. The technology activity is much more valuable, Salazar says, because it allows her to integrate science into reading and writing.

Tommy Nilsson, skoldirektör vid Sundsvalls kommun är medveten om att det är få män som är rektorer. – Jag tror vi måste börja attrahera och inspirera fler män att söka till lärarutbildningen, säger han.

I dag börjar läsåret på nedläggningshotade Bäckbyskolan i Västerås. Lärarna har deppat och stöttat varandra under sommaren. Nu tänker de kämpa.

Forskning slår fast att barn som vistas mycket ute i naturen ofta mår bättre. Samtidigt lever vi i ett samhälle där datorer och andra tekniska prylar riskerar att hålla barnen allt mer inomhus. Arbogas skolor har gett sig in i projektet ”Skogen som klassrum” där skogen får en allt viktigare roll i undervisningen.

Alla elva förstaårselever till Praktiska gymnasiet hade valt VVS-programmet. Haparanda kommun startar ändå inte programmet. - Vi ser inget långsiktigt elevunderlag, säger Bertil Segerlund, skolintendent vid Tornedalsskolan.