Should kindergarten teachers be responsible for potty training and diaper changes?

Reading and math achievement was improving, until 2013. Then it started to slide, even more the pandemic.

American childhood is free-range online, supervised in real life.

Parents have more choices. Will public schools learn to compete?

Can homeschooling parents do as well as professional teachers?

Kids need opportunities to play with friends in real life.

Locking up phones is raising students' moods -- but not their test scores.

Public school students shouldn't be used as political foot soldiers.

Should schools teach civic virtues, such as integrity, honor, perseverance and temperance?

AI has killed the take-home assignment. Teachers have students write in class to ensure it's their own writing.

"Your personal story is powerful!," says AI, if it thinks the writer is black. Students labeled "white" get critical feedback on how to improve.

Tracking middle-schoolers by math achievement doesn't hurt weaker students, but stronger students learn more.

Students should tackle complex, well-written "big" books.

If the love of reading includes the love of pizza, is that so bad?

Raising math achievement is difficult when educators don't agree on what works in the classroom.