Ignorance rather than malice could why one fifth of young Americans think the Holocaust is a "myth," and another 30 percent aren't sure,...

There are no fast learners, according to new research, writes Hechinger's Jill Barshay. Learning rates are remarkably similar --...

California teachers are supposed to incorporate "media literacy" into lessons in history, English, science and math, reports Saleen...

"Classical" charter schools are a right-wing plot to "destroy democratically governed public schools while turning back the clock of...

"America's K-12 education system is uniquely ill-suited to help students make sense of complicated world events and navigate contentious...

What's the right balance between teaching knowledge and teaching skills? That's the wrong question, writes Daisy Christodoulou on No More...

Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters declared the first week of October "Teach Kids to Read Week." This is controversial, reports Sarah...

"Knowledge is what we think with," writes Greg Ashman, an Australian educator, on Filling the Pail. "Thinking in the absence of knowledge...

Students don't need to learn facts, educators have been saying since the Cro-Magnon first learned to search the Internet. "They can just...

"If we really want to narrow gaps and make up for pandemic-related learning loss, we need to change what and how we teach -- especially...

Only 6 percent of eighth-graders can read Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have a Dream speech and identify two ideas from the Constitution or...

The American education system has turned away from academics and lost its way, says David Steiner, executive director of the Institute...

New York City's public schools have been teaching reading badly for decades, ignoring research on how children learn to read, said...

Civic activism can't be required in Texas public schools if it requires communicating with federal, state or local officials, reports...

The more students know about the world, the better they can understand what they read, writes Susan Pimentel in Education Week. The...

Eighth-graders don't know much about U.S. history and civics, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which...

States are dropping licensing tests to qualify more teachers, write Hannah Putnam and Heather Peske of the National Council on Teacher...

Teaching knowledge is not just for Republicans or conservatives, writes Natalie Wexler on Minding the Gap. Anyone who values equity...

Teaching phonics is a critical first step in teaching reading, but students need to build knowledge and vocabulary to get from fat cats...

"Chatty Chick chats in church" in a poem used by reading tutors. Last year, the second grader I was tutoring was shocked at Chatty...