High-school English teacher Paul Barnwell describes his unsuccessful attempts to integrate technology, including social media and smartphones, into classroom lessons.
As the Swedish experiment has shown, when free schools operate for profit it's always the children who pick up the bill. The secretary of state for education, Michael Gove, used his appearance at yesterday's Leveson inquiry to fly a kite for free schools to be allowed to make a profit if the Conservatives win a…
Det finns stort norskt intresse för den utomhuspedagogik Frödinge skola i Vimmerby kommun bedriver i skolskogen. Igår kom norska gäster för att hämta idéer och inspiration.
The root of all problems in today's schools is the country's failure to properly train its teachers, writes Tom Allon, a former high-school English teacher running for mayor of New York City.
De obligatoriske pædagogiske læreplaner har givet langt større fokus på læring og faglighed i daginstitutionerne, viser evaluering. Men børnene er blevet mindre skoleparate.
Elementary-school principal Peter DeWitt in this blog post writes that good principals support teachers and can use their experience as educators to effectively evaluate teachers. He also describes the role of the principal in improving the school community.
Class size has become a heightened topic for debate as school systems struggle to balance dwindling budgets, while teachers face increasing levels of accountability.