Students -- and teachers -- lost reasoning, memory and executive-function skills during the pandemic. Stress? Long Covid? Screens?

Will MEI -- merit, excellence and intelligence -- replace DEI?

Young Sheldon, which finished its seven-year run last month, shows the challenges of “parenting a very bright child,” writes Jonathan...

The average college student has average intelligence, concludes a meta-analysis by Canadian researchers, writes Ross Pomeroy on Big...

Cognitive ability no longer is linked strongly to years of education, concludes a Norwegian study published in published in Scientific...

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

Schools are failing to diagnose dyslexia, which makes it hard for as many as 20 percent of students to master reading, writes Sarah Carr...

The new digital SAT will take two hours, instead of three, and will give students more time to answer each question. That's a much better...

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

Victoria McDougald thought kindergarten would be exciting and joyful for her son, "an eager, rapid learner," but she learned that the...

IQ scores are falling in the U.S., especially for young adults, reports Tom Hale in IFLScience. In a newly published study, scores...

Challenging classes can help many students -- not just the "gifted" -- excel, writes Vincent Dotoli on Fordham's Flypaper. He heads...

I was very good at school, but also very bored. I wanted to skip a grade to catch up with my sister, but the district never skipped...

Gifted students deserve an education that fits their needs, argues Brandon Wright on Fordham's Advance newsletter. Acceleration and...

Limiting kids’ recreational screen time to less than two hours a day boosts their brainpower, concludes a new study, reports Hamza Shaban...

“Gifted” programs are becoming “enriched studies” in Montgomery County, Maryland, reports Dana Goldstein in the New York Times. The goal...

It’s time to drop the “gifted and talented” label and use personalized, mastery learning to challenge all students, argues Michael Horn....

Brain training doesn’t work because your brain isn’t a muscle, writes James Thompson on the Unz Review. Improving working memory doesn’t...

IQ scores are falling, at least for Norwegian men, writes Scottie Andrew in Newsweek. For most of the 20th century, IQ scores have risen...

Praising students’ effort, rather than their intelligence, is supposed to encourage them to try harder, improve and build a “growth...