Math skills are often top of parents’ lists of things they wish their children would work on over school vacations. Whether you would...

There are several widely used systems for ranking the difficulty of children’s books. Each evaluates features of the texts –illustrations, w

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“You’re really fat!” the six-year-old boy said to a friend of mine during a recent play group gathering. My friend calmly responded...

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Last week President Obama designated today as National Teacher Appreciation Day, part of Teacher Appreciation Week. You may be thinking...

Increasingly, teachers are putting homework assignments online. At schools where teachers do not use websites or email to communicate...

All of us who work with or have children have uttered (perhaps shouted) these words at some point. And almost all of us have been...

Reporters from NPR have done a stunning analysis of spending per student by school district. It is well worth having a look at the map...