As the fall term winds down, many of us are thinking ahead to the winter and spring, planning courses and refreshing syllabi in anticipation of the coming year. One part of the syllabus design that ...

For teachers, every empty desk is a drain: on class time, energy, and ultimately their enjoyment of the job. More than 1 in 4 students nationwide chronically misses school. Now, new research links ...

As students across the country head back to class, one thing won’t be coming with many of them: their cell phones. This year more states than ever are banning students’ devices during school hours. In ...

Asking students to dissect the motivations of a character in a book is doing more than teaching them about plot and characterization. This exercise also helps students learn to see different ...

L ectures are boring. Assignments are busy work. And all of that tuition is for this? When Justin Shaffer hears these kinds of complaints from students, he thinks they have a point. He also thinks ...