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

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

If students don't learn facts, they won't be able to understand what they read or think deeply or critically.

Kids' picture books build vocabulary, knowledge of the world and a sense of how stories work.

To offer a demanding, powerful curriculum to every child is not elitist. It is egalitarian.

Education isn't on the national agenda: Politicians argue about library books and locker rooms, but not about raising achievement.

Schools can't teach creativity as a general skill applicable to all fields.

Texas' board of education has narrowly approved a new K-5 curriculum that includes Bible stories , reports Shaun Rabb for Fox News....

"Balanced literacy" guru Lucy Calkins has become the " scapegoat for America's reading crisis ," suggests Helen Lewis in The Atlantic. ...

Should teachers teach about the election?

Principals prefer "engaging" teachers over those who are good at instruction but not classroom management.

My visiting eight-month-old granddaughter crawl-flopped past the teething toys to chew on the metal leg of the coffee table. "Try the...

Teaching students about religion is fine in public schools, writes Natalie Wexler. "Inculcating specific religious beliefs" is not....

Texas will add Bible stories and religious history to its K-5 reading curriculum.

Once students have learned phonics, what's next? Reading comprehension relies on a blend of decoding, vocabulary and general knowledge,...

Teaching is "oppressive." Teachers should "guide" students to discover things on their own, based on their interests, but shouldn't...

Students taught a structured, knowledge-rich curriculum starting in kindergarten earned higher reading, math and science scores in third...

After a long battle to persuade educators they need to teach phonics, systematically and explicitly, the science of reading has moved on...

Engineering, computer science, accounting, finance and medicine will not be options for people who couldn't find the lowest common...

Google's new artificial intelligence tool, Gemini, isn't allowed to generate images of people any more until programmers worked the bugs...