Bell-to-bell smartphone bans led to slightly higher test scores and attendance, says a new study.

Students don't know enough history to "do history" like historians. They have to learn what happened before they analyze it.

The idea of a student being "Nature Intelligent" is so much more palatable than "Unable to Do Trigonometry Intelligent."

Achievers need challenging academics -- not just "enrichment" activities.

Twenty percent of high school graduates have trouble reading anything more complex than a restaurant menu.

Is women's growing power the cause of wokeness?

Teaching one side of controversial issues has become the academic norm. Some professors reject viewpoint diversity.

To restore trust in public education, teachers should be politically neutral in the classroom.

Politicized teacher preparation is a real problem , writes Rick Hess. "I can still recall those long-ago days of 2023 when progressives insisted that training aspiring teachers to spot 'white supremacy culture' wasn’t political — that it was just sensible pedagogy." Sidney Poitier played an inner-city London teacher in To Sir With Love . However, the solution proposed by Oklahoma’s then-superintendent Ryan Walters -- a new anti-woke test for would-be teachers from New York a

Teachers and professors are told to "meet students where they are," but not how to get them where they need to be.

Anti-antisemitism rules for schools won't work, and more Holocaust education isn't the answer.

Libraries celebrate "banned" books that are widely available, but help readers access right-wing books.

Harvard students skip class, don't do the reading and, if they do show up, are afraid to express dissenting views, say professors.

College enrollment remains strong at high-value colleges, but young people are wary of colleges and degrees that are unlikely to pay off.

Ninety-one percent of families who used Arkansas' voucher program to pay for private or homeschooling have stayed with the program for the third year.

Schools want to teach "critical thinking" without teaching knowledge. It can't be done.

"Back to basics" won't help Northern schools catch up to Southern Surge states in reading. It takes a lot more.

Some teachers are earning bonuses based on student achievement, evaluations, collaboration with colleagues and taking hard-to-fill jobs.

Teachers who use traditional -- and effective -- teaching techniques are downgraded by evaluators who prefer "happy-clappy pedagogy."

Students -- including those with disabilities -- are learning at Indiana schools that stress structure and good behavior. But suspension rates are high for students with disabilities.