During a track race, if a runner leaves the block before the sound of the gun, the runner is disqualified from the race and asked to leave the track. We need a similar sanction in education, especially as it relates to technology.
Increasingly, digital games are cropping up everywhere in education. And that’s stimulated a flurry of activity leading to the expectation that no longer are learning games only likely to come from traditional education companies, but a wide variety of sources.
Psychology teacher Marc Smith explores the behavioural psychology behind rewards and profiles the research that suggests costly incentives schemes don't work in schools.
Instead of projecting calm, the schools reflected what had happened in the rest of the country during the summer: the fighting had grown worse and the routines of daily life more dangerous.
Kun halvdelen af folkeskoleeleverne finder undervisningen spændende og interessant, viser en ny undersøgelse. Tankevækkende, siger undervisningsministeren, der lover mere IT og fysisk aktivitet.
The Chicago teachers have called off their strike after seven days as members of the union vote on a proposed contract hammered out in tough negotiations. Who won? Was it Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel or the union?
Fackliga representanter för 29 000 lärare i Chicago röstade på torsdagen för en återgång till arbetet efter en veckas strejk som hindrat 350 000 barn att gå till skolan.
Succé ger succé, resonerar rektorn på Louis le Grand-gymnasiet i Paris. Hit lockar man högpresterande utländska elever att studera vid franska skolor för att på så sätt få upp kunskapsnivån på landets gymnasier.
Following a high-profile teachers' strike in the US, the writer of this opinion piece suggests that the US could learn a lot from how officials in other countries work with their teachers' unions.