When you’re in the classroom, that’s where you want your mind to be. After all, it’s hard to focus on the students in…
Pathwright was created as a modern learning management system, LMS, that could work in education on all levels. Spawned from an idea back…
CoSN, The Consortium for School Networking recently released its annual 2026 Driving K–12 Innovation report, identifying the top “Hurdles” (challenges) schools must overcome, “Accelerators” (mega-trends)…
The longer the semester wears on, the harder it can be to focus on grading, planning, or other admin-centric tasks that don’t directly…
I’ve always been uncomfortable with the grading part of being a professor. As a student, I loved learning, particularly writing, but dreaded the…
Tomorrow’s teacher strike will be framed in familiar terms: pay, workload, burnout. Those are real pressures. But they are not the whole story.…
Most of today’s students have never known a world without technology, which significantly impacts their attention spans (“Digital Dementia: How Screens and Digital Devices Impact Memory” 2023). Microsoft…
Barrie Olson moves us beyond linear literacy instruction For decades, reading instruction in the US has been the subject of debate while student…
TRAIN OF THOUGHT Sometimes we see things that prompt a train of thought that is entirely unexpected and often, apparently, has very little…
Time is running out to be part of The Educator’s 11th annual Rising Stars (& School Leadership Award). With the 2026 nominations closing…
When school leaders trade checklists for conversations, something powerful happens: culture starts to lead. One Principal who has seen the transformative impact of…
Hitting early literacy milestones matters, and the first years of primary school are often when teachers spot students who need a little extra…
THIS MONTH IN ITM By asking his Grade 9 computer science students in China what he needed to do to make his teaching…
The power of shared song Perhaps the most moving experience came when we visited a community center for the elderly, many of whom…
WHY ‘MAKING’ MATTERS MORE THAN EVER For Suzanne Rodgers art education is about critical and analytical thinking, adaptability, empathy and creative confidence. Developing…
Shaping the schools of tomorrow There is still more innovation and development to come. Under the Dubai Education 33 Strategy, there are plans…
Five fundamentals Across multiple international school contexts, five fundamentals consistently emerge as the foundation of effective transformational leadership: People – Empowerment is the…
DESIGNING AN OUTDOOR SYLLABUS FOR YEAR 7 BIOLOGY Karen Mylod and the Biology Department at Sevenoaks School are planning for their Year 7…
HEIDI DONG TALKS ABOUT HER FOUR FAVOURITE BOOKS Consilium Education library specialist, Sal Flint continues her column ‘School Readers’, in which she talks to educators…