The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...

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No matter how hard we may try to resist it, at some point our kids will get their hands on a tablet and then a smartphone. The best thing parents can do is to be prepared for this stage—and have open ...

Yes, it can. Kids love playing games, and when the game involves words, they end up learning without even realizing it. The global game-based learning market size was estimated at USD 16.16 billion in ...

Across the country, parents are discovering that what their children bring home from school looks very little like what they once learned. It isn’t just math — reading lessons, writing expectations, ...

Math. It’s been known to make palms sweat and hearts race. Plenty of Kern County residents — students and parents especially — know how it feels to need a little extra help with the day’s math ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Mental math is part of the fundamentals for mathematical comprehension. Although it is very prevalent in schools, many students still struggle with it. Notre Dame’s Institute for ...

Dr. Tiffany Munzer, development behavioral pediatrics clinical assistant professor at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, discusses at-home learning apps for kids. U.S. attorney ...

What are the best at-home learning apps for kids? Dr. Tiffany Munzer, development behavioral pediatrics clinical assistant professor at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, ...

Four months after the Legislature adjourned, the devastation of its feckless, slapdash budgeting is becoming more apparent. Let’s talk about foster children, in particular. Ten years ago, fewer than ...