By explicitly modeling each step of a problem and gradually fading away supports, teachers can give students a clear path to mastering new content.

A third-grade classroom in South Florida is going viral after a creative lesson centered on the Seattle Seahawks captured the attention of football fans across the country. At Pinecrest Elementary ...

These low-floor, high-ceiling problems support differentiation, challenging all students by encouraging flexible thinking and allowing for multiple solution paths.

My first year in the U.S. Senate gave me a crash course on how Washington works. It isn’t pretty. I arrived last year worried about the amount of money Congress spends. Our country was more than $35 ...

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Students, parents and school principals all instinctively know that some teachers are better than others. Education researchers have spent decades trying — with mixed success — to calculate exactly ...

Proposed changes to North Carolina's math standards would shake up requirements for upperclassmen in the state’s public high schools and emphasize real-world problem-solving in all grade levels. The ...

Like other European leaders, British Labour politicians are borrowing from Denmark’s restrictive asylum policy. One of its architects cautions that “balance” is necessary. Like other European leaders, ...

A first-generation immigrant who left a career in finance to follow his passion for teaching has written an eye-opening new memoir of his experience navigating what he calls "wokeness" in the U.S.

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...

Journal Editorial Report: Public schools compete for students as more parents opt out. A study of French schoolchildren published this summer in the journal Nature found girls fall behind boys in math ...