Is it true that "the person doing the smiling is the person doing the learning"?

AI tutoring can help motivated, capable students learn faster, but is worse than a human tutor for most students.

Schools are wasting time and money on ed-tech that doesn't improve learning and distracts students.

Teachers can't turn every student into an eager learner, but they can make it harder to cheat.

Learning is motivating , writes math teacher Dylan Kane on Five Twelve Thirteen. Many schools are modifying the curriculum to cater to...

New research shows timed math tests don't worsen math anxiety.

At Harvard and other elite universities, students spend more time and energy on resume-polishing extracurriculars than classwork.

Smartphone detox is difficult, but worth it, writes Seth Lavin, principal of a Chicago middle school. After his school equipped...

Smart phones are making students less smart, writes Derek Thompson in The Atlantic. Student achievement has been falling around the world...

Humanities professors, under heavy pressure to prove their discipline is "useful," have gone political, writes Tyler Austin Harper in The...

How do get to Carnegie Hall? Practice! It's the same for math, writes Holly Korbey on Edutopia. “They are considered dirty words, but...

"Motivated learners" will be able to "substitute AI for human tutors and teachers," predict Sean Geraghty and Mike Goldstein, co-leaders...

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

You can't win if you don't play. The only way to improve student achievement is to "get butts in seats," writes Jessica Grose in the New...

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

Bots powered by artificial intelligence are getting smarter and smarter. Will people get dumb and dumber? Rick Hess of the American...

The good news is that two-thirds of students give their schools an A or B grade in a Gallup/Walton survey of students in grades 5 to 12....

Roblox is going to school, reports Benjamin Herold in Education Week. The popular gaming platform is adding immersive online “learning...

Educators can personalize teaching and equalize education opportunities, if they learn how to use artificial intelligence intelligently,...

Students learn more when their teachers have high expectations, concludes a study in North Carolina, reports Kevin Mahnken. Algebra...