Doing what works -- and avoiding fads and ideology -- would improve learning dramatically.

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

Nearly half of 12th-graders do not have basic math skills. Many teachers aren't well trained in how to teach math.

There's no consensus on the "science of math." Special educators say generalists are pushing ideas that don't work for struggling students.

Student-led discussions fail less-prepared physics students -- they need the professor -- but work for well-prepared students.

Teenagers want teachers to explain STEM subjects. Few care about working in groups or seeing examples that reflect their race or gender.

Numbers, multiplication and "right" answers are obsolete, 22nd-century-skills guru Paul Banksley tells Rick Hess. They're "not...

Jayden can't read a simple story problem. Mia can't subtract, if she knew that she should be subtracting. Peyton could no more find a...