How to overcome the education hype cycle Promising ideas that produce positive results in experiments often get over-simplified and touted as ‘the answer’ by David Yeager / November 15, 2019
“A machine should be like a personal trainer for learners” Edy Portmann explains why it is important for schools to reinforce the scientist that lies within every child Interview by Sabine Gysi / November 13, 2019
Should homework be scrapped? Homework is considered a financially low-cost intervention for improving outcomes, but seems high-cost for teachers, parents, and pupils by Annie Brookman-Byrne / November 11, 2019
“We built and realized the vocational school of the future” Specialist teacher Denise Merz tells how she and her colleagues redesigned everything around their teaching, even the school building Interview by Caroline Smrstik Gentner / November 6, 2019
How to bust educational neuromyths? Emphasise what works Neuromyths are seductive for good reasons: they tend to address teachers’ needs by Jessica Massonnié / November 4, 2019
“Risk-taking only happens when you give students the chance to push ahead” What happens when you bring together high-school students, teachers, and technology entrepreneurs to experiment with new ideas for learning? Interview by Caroline Smrstik Gentner / October 31, 2019
Assessing social and emotional learning at school is crucial but tricky A novel app can provide teachers with information to guide instruction, set personalized student goals, and give parents meaningful feedback by Jelena Obradović / October 25, 2019
Teachers learn about neuroscience The more teachers understand, the more they can analyse their own practice as well as information presented to them from elsewhere by Annie Brookman-Byrne / October 17, 2019
Does personality make a good teacher? The answer is not that straightforward, but teachers’ well-being may be the path to investigate further by Janina Roloff-Bruchmann / October 14, 2019
Supporting school teachers Why are teachers leaving the profession, and what can be done to keep them? by Annie Brookman-Byrne / October 10, 2019
Overcoming students’ misconceptions ‘Stop and think’ helps them learn counterintuitive concepts by Annie Brookman-Byrne / October 3, 2019
“Ed-tech that doesn’t solve core education challenges is irrelevant” Jamie Martin on why education innovation should focus on developing local solutions that tackle major educational challenges directly Interview by Aisha Schnellmann / September 23, 2019
