“To teach well, you should pay careful attention to what an assignment will make students think about,” Willingham advises, ...

Zachary Champagne’s 3rd and 4th graders figure out early on that this math class will be different when their teacher tells them: “I don’t care about the answer.” The goal is to shift his elementary ...

Whether they are designing robots, solving problems or teaching others, Kirtland students are learning a range of skills in the school district’s FIRST programs. Students on the district’s FIRST Lego ...

Teachers can use these questions to draw students out and get worthwhile formative assessment responses to guide instruction.

I teach fourth grade. I have a student who always loses the papers that he is supposed to have in spite of the fact that students have color-coded folders for each subject and were taught at the ...

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Putting their autonomous vehicle prototype through its paces on the engineering quad, student team members monitor sensor responses as the full-sized golf cart skims quietly across the walkway. Under ...

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Nearly 40 years ago, Melissa and Doug Bernstein started what would become a beloved, multimillion-dollar company, Melissa & Doug Toys. Melissa, a 1987 Duke alumna, with husband Doug in 2013 created ...

Congratulations! High school graduation rates in your state are hitting all-time highs! But before you crack open the ...