When to step in between your child and his teacher?
Helping children understand in the early years of schooling that there is not just one "right" way to be a boy or a girl will open up opportunities for each child to explore their education more fully.
Our nation continues to grow more diverse. It's especially apparent in our nation's classrooms where one out of four students are the children of im...
This piece comes to us courtesy of Education Nation's The Learning Curve blog. NBC News education reporter Dana Chivvis writes. Classroom furniture...
LANCASTER, Pa. — Educators are bracing for a tough reality: As difficult as budget cuts have been on schools, more tough times are likely ahead....
We envy the academic achievement level in China. There are many reasons for their achievement. But one is that instructional time is respected. The teachers teach -- uninterrupted. Not a second is lost.
Ed.gov blog: Ed. note: Secretary Duncan penned the following letter for a Virtual Conference that will take place during July. During the conferen...
Television and video have an undistinguished track record in public education, as either a babysitter or a security measure. But things have changed in recent years.
What exactly is a regular public school, as opposed to a charter school? Is there such a thing? For that matter, is there a typical charter school?
The second annual Disney's Planet Challenge is encouraging kids in grades 3-8 to get involved with environmental conservation and helping their commun...
Confusing a measure of well-being for well-being itself has been done in spades in education. Rare indeed do we hear from those who work inside schools and are paying attention not only to "indicators" but to what they are intended stand-ins for.
Research tells us what most parents know: boys are apt to be "kinesthetic learners." That's educatorspeak for the fact that most boys learn best while they're in motion.
