Chris Evans, headmaster of historic Reading School, says the new exams designed for 'the curious child' will aim to 'assess creativity' and 'knowledge already learnt in state schools up to Year 5'.

Grammarly built its reputation on being a tool for checking spelling, grammar, and writing tips in English. The company is now expanding the scope of these features to support five more languages: ...

One of the mistakes of teaching, I’ve learned through my years as a part-time professor, is to prepare so much that the students have no choice but to become passive recipients of knowledge that has ...

My wife and I like to travel to other countries, but we always face a familiar obstacle -- how to learn the language well enough to converse with people. We've tried taking language lessons, yet we ...

Water activities are a source of enjoyment for people of all ages, but they also come with inherent risks. Drowning remains a leading cause of unintentional injury-related deaths among children in the ...

Understanding a simple-looking sentence such as “I read this article yesterday” actually requires some sophisticated conceptual computation: a subject (“I”) performed an action (“read”) on an object ( ...

Who knew that combining a sweet story about an adorable penguin and one about the atrocities of a political uprising in 1976 Argentina could have such charm? “The Penguin Lessons” does just that, ...

A curmudgeonly teacher finds a renewed zest for life after rescuing a penguin in this new film from 'The Full Monty' helmer Peter Cattaneo. By Frank Scheck There are two things that can make any movie ...

You walk into a room full of strangers. Within minutes, you’re asked to pretend you’re a blushing bride. A raging hurricane. Someone who has imbibed one drink too many. Welcome to acting class! If ...