2019 Education Research Highlights
Does doodling boost learning? Do attendance awards work? Do boys and girls process math the same way? Here’s a look at the big questions that researchers tackled this year.
9 Ways To Support Children Who Are Insecure, Because Self-Worth Is Key
How can we help insecure children and give them a confidence boost?
Boost Your Career: What’s the Best Language to Learn for Business?
Have dreams of an international business career? Learning Mandarin and Spanish can give you a big advantage
Could Minecraft disrupt traditional instruction?
In classrooms across the globe, educators and students are doing amazing things with Minecraft--could it totally disrupt current education models?
Coding Can Be a Gift to Struggling Students. Let’s Give It to Them.
How can coding help struggling students? Coding gives kids a chance to be creative, to collaborate, to think critically and to communicate their thoughts to others.
It’s Nearly Time to Reauthorize the Every Student Succeeds Act: 4 Priorities Otherwise-Distracted National Leaders Should Set to Make the K-12 Law Stronger
The deadline is still looming — the end of next school year — and we clearly won’t even be ready to start thinking about fixing #ESSA if we don’t start talking about it
How To Encourage Your Child To Be Brave & Why Experts Say You Should
When your kids take a leap of faith and steps out to do something outside of their comfort zone, it can be a major confidence boost, but some kids don't innately know when and how to be courageous. How can parents help?
Using the Outdoors to Teach STEM
Using local spaces like neighborhoods and parks for inquiry and observation can help students see the world through a STEM lens
Former Secretary Margaret Spellings on Better Equipping Children for College and an Evolving Workforce — and Why High Schools Must Become More Like Community Colleges
Why it’s so important that we equip America’s children for the workforce and college
Schneider: The New PISA Scores Tell Us Lots About the Sad State of American Education. What They Can’t Tell Us Is How to Fix It
The new PISA scores tell us lots about the sad state of American education. What they can’t tell us is how to fix it