The committee’s report notes that “perhaps the most unfortunate” false dichotomy in the early education field is play and academics.

Experts say California isn't studying its own transitional kindergarten program, despite research that has shown a public ...

As families choose child-led approaches like Montessori, Reggio Emilia, and nature-based preschools, these models are ...

Science is a subject built on doing. Students learn chemistry through titrations, biology through dissections, physics through motion experiments, and earth science through field observations. That ...

We all know that games and fun learning activities are more conducive to meaningful learning experiences and a higher level of students engagement and participation. This is even so with subjects that ...

Keep your kids busy (and their brains sharp) with these cabin-fever cures.

Have you ever seen a kid glued to their tablet at a restaurant while their parents enjoyed dinner or were on devices themselves? That scenario embodied the ‘iPad kid” era, but we may see a change as ...

This story was originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive its biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Fourteen-year-old Ariana ...

Threading prior knowledge into new material makes for more durable learning. Here are 12 research-backed, teacher-tested strategies to help kids unpack what they already know.

This is where your future begins – living and learning in a college setting that will challenge you to discover your best self. Carnegie Mellon’s Pre-College Programs mirrors the undergraduate ...

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