To be more "boy-friendly," a Baltimore boys' school added free play, student-run clubs and chances to socialize before classes start.

How do teachers get the attention of easily distracted "digital natives?"

Few teenagers read for fun regularly, and many don't read for school either, writes Natalie Wexler on Minding the Gap. We're "becoming a...

Explicit teaching works better than student-centered learning.

English teachers don't teach many novels because students won't do the reading on their own.

"A lot of Americans have kids in public schools," writes Eduwonk Andrew Rotherham. " They want normal ." They don't want sexualized...

When a Pennsylvania school board flipped from Republican to Democratic control, some policies changed -- but many did not.

When I was in school in the '60s, we read Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights , Great Expectations, Hard Times, Canterbury Tales, The...

Once upon a time, the teenage girls in Judy Blume's stories were "excited to grow up," writes Kat Rosenfield on The Free Press. Starting...

Colleges have politicized the humanities, leaving graduates feeling cheated of a liberal arts education.

Parents don't want drag queens or books that feature sex toys in school libraries.

The Rabbit Hole, a children's literature museum in Kansas City, sounds like a wonderful place. Children can explore "scenes from beloved...

I was born at the peak of the baby boom, the second of four children. (Today is my birthday.) Most of us weren't planned, but we were...

"Anti-racism" is a kind of "neo-racism," argues Coleman Hughes in his new book, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind...

It's easier to get A's and harder to get an education, writes Fordham's Michael Petrilli. Expectations started falling and grades...

Teaching is "oppressive." Teachers should "guide" students to discover things on their own, based on their interests, but shouldn't...

When a patron donated a book questioning "the transgender craze" to the Blue Hill Public Library, librarian Rich Boulet decided "it...

English teachers at Oakland's College Preparatory School, one of the most expensive private schools in California, have "let go" of...

Adam Kotsko, who teaches humanities at a small liberal arts college, finds that even his best students are unprepared to read and...

College students have trouble reading anything long or complex, complains Adam Kotsko, in Slate. He's taught humanities classes in small...