Parents should be wary of schools where administrators require teachers to be at a pre-designated place in instruction on a given day or week. In other words, parents should be suspicious of academic ...

New tutoring software that monitors emotional responses could prevent students from daydreaming away their lessons, whether they like it or not, New Scientist reports. Researchers in the United ...

, hosted and created by the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs. Students will warm up with a short writing prompt focused on prior knowledge and use the podcast as a text-based class conversation.