Just four years into her career as an elementary school teacher, 26-year-old Kaylee Hutcheson has established herself as a resident expert on evidence-based reading instruction at Hawthorne Elementary ...

Education has vastly changed over the years. The progression has not only welcomed technology but has also grown through it. Traditional lessons and homework are being supplemented with engaging, ...

On a bright, sunny day, a group of first-graders eagerly begins a science investigation called “Shadow Town.” The teacher gathers them in a circle and asks, “What causes shadows?” It’s a good question ...

Helping students see how what they are learning in school is relevant to their lives, hopes, and dreams enhances motivation. It can also be challenging to teachers who are tasked with covering a lot ...

I’m in third grade, perched at the kitchen table with my father. My assignment, from the notoriously tough Ms. Glassman, is to create a volcano that will send a thick, convincing flow of lava ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

This activity was supported by Grant No. B9053 from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily ...

David Heath is a List Writer from the UK specializing in video games, movies, TV shows, and the occasional anime. Science isn’t exclusively about dressing in PPE and staring at test tubes. Many ...

The world is full of things to learn. Where to start? How to choose what to pay attention to? What motivates someone to seek new knowledge? The desire to learn is partly a preference for novelty: we ...