System improvement rarely begins with rhetoric. It begins with disciplined attention to practice.

Over recent years, Mats Rosenkvist and his colleagues Bernt Friberg and Urban Hansson have worked to build precisely that discipline: a rigorous, evidence-based framework for observing and …

In August 2024 the Head of Education, the head teacher s, teachers  and key staff at all the six schools in the Örkelljunga municipality, Sweden, started a 3 year training and tutoring to develop skillful evidence-based teaching in every classroom. …

In the next two articles we report on two significant pieces of research which contribute to our understanding of how to develop effective knowledge managed collaborative learning communities. The first is from our colleagues in Sweden the second is from …

Work continues on a groundbreaking study to gauge the quality of education in Sweden, aimed at improving standards across-the-board.

Over in Sweden, Mats Rosenkvist continues with his development of a systematic approach to improving the quality of teaching and learning …

Heading into the summer term, staff development and quality of teaching are again the focus of attention.

Now we’re on the other side of the half-term break, the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee a hazy memory, our colleagues from Canada, England and …

Our colleagues in Sweden have embarked on an initiative aimed at improving the quality of teaching and learning.

The initiative, Teaching skills in practice, is already gaining traction in a number of Swedish schools and municipalities. It was launched …