At Lacy Elementary School, kindergarten teacher Michelle Pritchard points her students toward a drawing of a rodent with the letters “a” and “t” above it. The first letter is missing. She asks them ...

Last week the media dutifully reported the typically depressing news about black boys’ scholarly chops from the NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) survey. More than three times as many ...

Publish or perish. This is the mantra of the aspiring professor in the American university system. If the only purpose of universities was research, this wouldn't be a problem. "Publish or perish" is ...

LANSING, Mich, (WLNS) – It’s Parenting Connection Tuesday and 6 News is here for you with tips, strategies, and helpful reminders from local child development experts on how we can be better parents ...

All those long multiplication tables. Timed tests and “mad minutes” of worksheet problem-solving. Fluency drills. Somehow, getting kids to know their basic math facts continues to be at the heart of ...

When I think back to my days teaching English abroad, I think how lucky I was to have experienced such a life. It was one of the most challenging jobs in the world, but also the most rewarding, and ...

Dianne Wolf, at the Jewish Family and Children’s Services Holocaust Center. Photo: Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis A seminar devised to help high school teachers better approach the Holocaust is coming to ...

It's unfortunate, but parents often overlook the importance of parenting their sons in ways that are specific to the mindset, psychology, and societal expectations of boys. As a result, many men grow ...