Homework is one of those hot-button topics that never fails to set off a wide range of responses when people are asked about its value. From ardent backers of the age-old practice to absolute ...

Denise Cote moved from table to table in her math class last week at Stonebridge Elementary in Stillwater, helping her fifth-graders work through word problems to learn multiplication and division.

A Lakota school teacher has “flipped” her classroom and now is turning up more success among her sixth-grade students. The technique, which is has been tried in some schools nationally but is new for ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. By Harris Cooper A second-grade teacher in Texas recently rekindled the annual debate ...

After much research this summer, I’m trying something new. Homework will only consist of work that your student did not finish during the school day. There will be no formally assigned homework this ...

This is the third installment in our series about school in a perfect world. Read previous entries on calendars and content. We asked prominent voices in education—from policy makers and teachers to ...