Even though it’s the dog days of summer vacation, many schools across the country are getting ready to bring students back into the classroom — and that means giving serious thought to the best ways ...

Beth Black, a high school English teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area, tells parents to consider confiscating their child’s old phones. Her school requires students to put phones in a special ...

Daniel Willingham is a cognitive scientist, by which I mean, he is an academic researcher who extracts information from psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, philosophy, computer science, and ...

Recent research is shedding light on a question that has puzzled educators and parents for years: how do children learn best in an increasingly digital world? A groundbreaking study reveals that for ...

One expert calls it the great rewiring of childhood, with smartphones and social media taking over and playing a big role in the mental health of young people. But now, there’s a growing movement to ...

Every year in Shaun Banks’ class, her 4th graders write a biography about a philanthropist who has benefited their community. Banks, who teaches in Chicago Public Schools, asks her students to use ...

The usual system for grading students is, bit by bit, going by the wayside in favor of one that emphasizes learning over traditional measures. It’s a healthy shift, though traditionalists no doubt are ...