In a world where digital devices are everywhere, it’s easy to wonder if handwriting still matters. We’ve all heard the ...

From attention to metacognition and memory, here are 15 tips to apply the latest insights from cognitive science to how students learn.

Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a promising non-invasive neuroimaging technique that works by detecting changes in blood oxygenation linked to neural activity using near-infrared ...

As many of you are likely aware, Google searches are … different these days. The good news is Google is offering a solution for folks who like to get their news from specific sources. If you want to ...

The rhythmic click of needles. The softness of yarn running over fingertips. The satisfying logic of knit, purl, repeat. Knitting—and other so-called “grandma hobbies”—is making a comeback, especially ...

Jeffrey S. Solochek is an education reporter covering K-12 education policy and schools. Reach him at [email protected]. Anyone can view a sampling of recent comments, but you must be a Times ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A merger between Fifth Third and Comerica will make the former the ninth largest bank in the country. Fifth Third says the move is pending approval, but the move is one that the ...

Jane Anderton spoke out for what she believed in and voters responded. She is now the first woman in the history of the city of Clay to be elected mayor. Anderton spent 10 years advocating for the ...

After working in the social-services field for 15 years, Susan Lemke began teaching fifth grade at Unity East Elementary School in Philo in 2010, and she’s been there ever since. After working in the ...

U.S. adults are generally underprepared to live well in older age, according to the “longevity preparedness index,” or LPI, from John Hancock, developed with the research institute MIT AgeLab. The LPI ...

Last spring, Massachusetts eighth-graders took the state’s first ever civics MCAS exam, finally setting a benchmark for achievement more than six years after the state passed new social studies ...

Rebecca Erdman and Christopher White have been an item since their senior year of high school, with one critical six-month break along the way. By Shivani Vora Rebecca Ashley Erdman and Christopher ...