While there’s little evidence of a “Big Quit” in education there may be a Significant Shift in how teachers see their options, writes...

When schools closed and classes went online, expectations fell. Some students had trouble accessing classes or younger siblings to tend...

Overprotected by their parents, Gen Snowflake demands that college “make them comfortable,” argued Greg Lukianoff, a First Amendment...

Homework can help students learn and narrow the achievement gap, writes Janine Bempechat, clinical professor of human development at...

More schools are teaching yoga in hopes of promoting mindfulness and relieving stress, writes Alia Wong in The Atlantic. However, yoga is...

Here’s more on the fragility theme: A quarter of college students were diagnosed with mental health conditions within the past year,”...

The number of teens “hospitalized for thinking about or attempting suicide doubled in less than a decade,” according to a recent study....

The principal of a K-8 school in San Francisco’s gentrifying Mission District wants to shelter homeless families in the gym, reports Jill...

School shootings are extraordinarily rare, writes David Ropelik, author of How Risky Is It, Really? Why Our Fears Don’t Always Match the...

Interviews are of “considerable importance” to only 4.7 percent of colleges, while 46 percent of schools said interviews were irrelevant....

Testing enables social justice, argues Keri Rodrigues, founder and CEO of Massachusetts Parents United in CommonWealth Magazine. Minority...

When students are allowed to retake tests for a better grade, what do they learn? Julie Scagell, a Minnesota mother, wonders if her...

Students with mental-health problems, especially anxiety and depression, are flooding college health centers. The most selective colleges...

Elementary schools are dropping homework in favor of reading, reports Greg Toppo in USA Today. There’s “very little correlation between...

High school grades are rising, even as SAT scores remain flat, reports the College Board. In 2013, the average 12th grader earned a 2.90...

Fidget spinners — handheld, multi-pronged tops — are supposed to help hyperactive and anxious kids stay focused.  Some teachers say...

Banning homework for elementary school kids has divided parents, reports Kyle Spencer in the New York Times. Public School 11, a...

Unstable parenting, poverty, a violent environment and other “adverse childhood experiences” contribute to “toxic stress” that impairs...