Young people need to believe they can do difficult things. Don't tell them they're fragile.

Urban charters in high-poverty areas have become the most challenging high schools in the country, as measured by students taking...

Conservative students sharpen their ideas and listen to alternative perspectives -- they learn -- on very liberal college campuses,...

Young Sheldon, which finished its seven-year run last month, shows the challenges of “parenting a very bright child,” writes Jonathan...

"Highly capable" students will lose advanced learning opportunities in Seattle Public Schools. To address "historical inequity," all...

Taking an Advanced Placement class, struggling with college-level material and earning a low grade on the exam is a learning experience,...

"The basic philosophy of the Advanced Placement Program is simply that all students are not created equal," said the program's director,...

In Culver City (CA), ninth- and tenth-grade honors classes were eliminated, reports Sara Randazzo in the Wall Street Journal. Officials...

Challenging classes can help many students -- not just the "gifted" -- excel, writes Vincent Dotoli on Fordham's Flypaper. He heads...

I was very good at school, but also very bored. I wanted to skip a grade to catch up with my sister, but the district never skipped...