There is no shortage of ideas to solve the problem of low student achievement in U.S. public schools: Smaller class sizes, more talented teachers, more well-rounded teachers recruited from other ...

Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. And perform worse on tests. The latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress found that scores for eight-grade ...

Storytelling -- the oldest form of teaching -- is the most effective way of teaching primary school children about evolution, say researchers. Storytelling -- the oldest form of teaching -- is the ...

More than 20 years ago, I was able to give my sister, Kathy, a life-saving kidney. It almost didn’t happen: Initial tests indicated that I was not a good enough genetic match to make the operation ...