Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...

Chad Aldeman’s March 16 op-ed, “When high school grads can’t do math,” focuses on outputs, such as MCAS and the proposed MassCore. There is no discussion of inputs, namely the resources needed to ...

Teachers can use these questions to draw students out and get worthwhile formative assessment responses to guide instruction.

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

Students should not be left to struggle with routine math needed to manage their finances, bake a cake or do a home repair. Ohio needs SB 19.

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. In 1997, Deep Blue, a supercomputer built by IBM, did the unexpected: it defeated chess ...

Each semester, University of Vermont students studying STEM — science, technology, engineering, or math — are trained to deliver experiential STEM activities to Vermont youth. They become STEM ...

The response, at least in its ideal form, was not to narrow literacy instruction but to strengthen it. Schools restored ...

PBS KIDS movies offer fun & engaging educational experiences with various interests. Here's what's available and the life lessons they teach.

The past influences policymaking. Kenya’s education history shows that by subordinating practical skills and individual learner needs to high-stakes examination, the 8-4-4 system of education failed ...

While the biggest slice of the country’s annual budget continues to be allocated to education, as mandated in the ...