A few days into the new semester this January, the LaSalle Parish school district in rural Louisiana made a pronouncement: There would be no more homework. None of the 2,500 students in this district ...

“To teach well, you should pay careful attention to what an assignment will make students think about,” Willingham advises, ...

By giving students the opportunity to wonder and generate questions, teachers can boost engagement and strengthen ...

A famous Vietnamese mathematician has said that current math teaching and learning reveal two major bottlenecks: curricula ...

Mental Floss has released 100 kid-friendly trivia questions spanning history, geography, language, and entertainment to encourage curiosity and general knowledge. Meanwhile, University of Oregon ...

Which toys will fuel your preschooler's STEM skills? Spoiler alert: It’s not the latest high-tech kit on the market.

Every year, the countries competing in the International Mathematical Olympiad arrive with a booklet of their best, most ...

The health secretary said a drug price decreasing from $600 to $10 is a 600% drop. The math ain't mathin'.

Well-written multiple-choice items can deepen thinking and learning, rather than simply challenging students to recall basic ...

A decade or so ago, reading instruction underwent a public reassessment. Whole language approaches had emphasized immersion in texts and contextual, “cue"-based guessing strategies. The goals were ...

Over the last several years, much has been written about the surge in mental health problems among American youth, reinforced by the 2021 public advisory from the U.S. surgeon general that labeled ...

Focusing on the thinking that a lab-class prompt invites – rather than the answer it elicits – allows instructors to create learning experiences that are both rigorous and inclusive ...