Learning isn't natural. Teachers need to teach, not just "guide" or "nurture."

Elementary students should learn history, told as stories, not social studies "skills," argues the Knowledge Matters Campaign.

Committed to "inquiry," Virginia social studies teachers want to "pause" a state test on students' history, geography and civics knowledge.

It's impossible to discuss what's going on in the world without knowing geography.

Academic learning isn't obsolete, even in "the age of AI."

Some Texas students are learning a bit more about Bible stories and Christian beliefs in English class.

Students learn lots of things they'll probably never use in later life, but being knowledgeable is very useful.

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....