Students should memorize and recite poetry. It will give them ownership of their culture -- and help think think.

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

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

"Experts" tell teachers that students don't need to memorizes math facts, setting them up for failure.

Memorizing times tables has returned to Virginia's Standards of Learning, after a six-year exile, writes Todd Truitt. But he fears...

San Francisco schools should offer algebra in eighth grade, said 84 percent of voters in Tuesday's election. It was a stunning rejection...