Banning cellphones during lunch time has forced students to interact face to face, says Rebecca Gogel, principal of Corona del Mar Middle...

Mamas, don’t raise your kids to be snowflakes, says social psychologist Jonathan Haidt in a Spiked interview. Over-protective parents are...

The average child gets his or her first smartphone at age 10, but some parents are pledging to keep their kids smartphone-free till...

“Fidget spinners are a capitalist plot to turn Russian children into zombies,” Vladimir Putin fears, according to Newsweek. The...

Summer camp isn’t just for swimming and crafts, writes Michael Alison Chandler in the Washington Post. Specialty camps — debate,...

Summer is the “time to dig in the sand, gulp from the hose, play at the park, and leap with joy … unless you’re a kid,” wrote Lenore...

The University of Cambridge has appointed the world’s first Lego professor of play, writes Tom Bennett in The Guardian.  Young children...

Preschools where teachers teach about phonics, numbers and shapes  produce cognitive gains for students — especially blacks — concludes a...

Kids who wait a year to start kindergarten show significant long-term benefits, concludes a Stanford study of Danish children. “Delaying...

“Nimuno Loops” — LEGO-compatible adhesive tape — looks very cool. A new Indiegogo campaign is raising money for the product, reports...

Four 15-minute recess breaks each day is helping kindergarten and first-grade students stay focused in class at four Fort Worth...

Kids are spending too much time sitting indoors writes Angela Hanscom, a pediatric occupational therapist, in the Washington Post‘s...

A doll that records and transmits what it hears is an espionage device, German officials have concluded. “My Friend Cayla” is now banned...

“Nature preschools” are catching on, reports Education Week. Children play outside, exploring natural environments. All Friends Nature...

Fisher-Price has released a new “in utero fetal activity gym,” reports The Onion. “Whether they’re batting at the friendly toucans in...

“Academic apathy” is common in high school, writes Laura Handby Hudgens on The Federalist. She thinks  students are burning out in middle...

Fisher-Price’s new Think & Learn Smart Cycle is designed for screen-addicted toddlers, reports the New York Post. The $150 kiddie...