Kahoot! says more than 10 million teachers use its platform, and quiz games have become a regular part of the school week. But a lively classroom is not the same as a learning classroom. In this ...

There’s this fabulous Italian expression: boh. It’s one of those words you feel when you say it. It starts deep in your belly and expands upward. Your lips purse for the “buh,” then open into the ...

During each federal election cycle, students in Pat Sprinkle’s U.S. history and government classes are assigned a political race to observe. The high schoolers research candidates, make a prediction ...

For two years, students in a randomized study had an artificial intelligence (AI) tutor one click away. Of those students, 96% tried it at least once. However, the median student only ended up using ...

The current debate over banning artificial intelligence in schools reminds me of another heated discussion a while back that took place within schools: sex education. Let me explain. There was a time ...

For several years, federal pandemic relief funds helped school districts across the U.S. expand “high-impact” (or “high-dosage”) tutoring programs that improved student learning. Now that the main ...

For generations, schools have rewarded the correct answer, the polished essay and other finished products of learning. Now that artificial intelligence (AI) can effortlessly write the papers and ...

The playground I grew up going to had a metal slide that stood about 12 feet high. Straight up, straight down. No curves or plastic tube, just a steep sheet of metal with a ladder to the top.

In 1994, as a recent college graduate, I joined what was then Project Vote Smart (PVS), an organization that provided factual nonpartisan information about political candidates. Voters would call the ...

New York City Public Schools and the Los Angeles Unified School District have both hit pause on AI in their classrooms, with the stated goal of keeping students safe. But a pause does not stop kids ...

Schools across the nation are trying to reduce chronic absentee levels. A recent study from The GRAD Partnership, Everyone Graduates Center and the Partnership for Student Success, finds that small ...