Though scientists know children with strong spatial thinking skills have an edge in science, technology, engineering, and math, and that those skills are teachable, no one has formally infused them ...

Entering a contentious debate over reading, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes that districts base literacy instruction on decades of research known as “the science of reading” as the next step to getting all ...

Tell me about your dog. What type is it? What color is it? How much does it weigh? If you’ve got a cat, same questions apply. What’s the dog-to-cat ratio in your classroom (or office or home)? If ...

At some point over the past few pandemic years, many states pressed pause on one particular high-stakes, controversial piece of education policy: 3rd grade retention. But now, it’s back. The laws ...

This story was originally published by The 74. Ohio’s drive to boost reading scores using the science of reading has had a ...

Paul Morgan receives funding from the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Globally, the U.S. is at risk of declining economic competitiveness due to its continuing lower ...

Annie Murphy Paul is the author of the forthcoming book Brilliant: The New Science of Smart. Take a guess: What is the single most important year of an individual’s academic career? The answer isn’t ...

Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. California fourth graders trail the nation in reading, and half of its third graders, including two-thirds of Black students and 61% of ...

A Lexington One parent says he was stunned to learn his child went nine weeks without any science lessons, even though classroom newsletters said otherwise. Jay, a Deerfield Elementary School parent, ...

Alabama’s public elementary and middle school students are taking annual standardized tests this month, and for third graders, the reading portion is extremely important. This is the first school year ...

LEXINGTON, S.C. — A Lexington One parent says he was stunned to learn his child went nine weeks without any science lessons, even though classroom newsletters said otherwise. Jay, a Deerfield ...

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