A report finds that online education "has failed to reduce costs and improve outcomes for students," even as it becomes the fastest-growing segment of higher education, particularly at for-profit institutions. Researchers say hybrid models that involve some face-to-face interaction with instructors and other students have fewer problems.

A study that followed the language development of more than 6,000 children over 15 years has found that language skills tend to fall within a rank order, similar to height measurements, where toddlers in the top percentiles tend to remain there as teens. All children - even those with disabilities - acquired language skills at…

School leaders should help to prepare educators for the adoption of project-based learning with effective professional development, write principal Kevin Armstrong and Cheryl Bautista, an elementary-school instructional coach. Armstrong and Bautista offer six tips to help prepare school teams for PBL.

Though incorporating the arts into general education schoolwide has its roadblocks, grant funds can provide the structure and motivation educators need to find solutions. Education fundraising expert Barbara Gottschalk shares six obstacles to arts integration and the solutions her school came up to implement a successful vision.

Advocates of competency-based education see it as a way to free students from age-based cohorts and seat-time. But there may be drawbacks to this innovative approach, too.

Being kind to oneself by practicing self-compassion can help people develop a healthy source of self-worth, feel less alone and calm some of the negative voices in one's head.

When the reading brain skims texts, we don’t have time to grasp complexity, to understand another’s feelings or to perceive beauty. We need a new literacy for the digital age.

Psychological interventions aimed at easing test anxiety can help improve outcomes for students from low-income families in science, according to a study led by Christopher Rozek, a psychologist at Stanford University. Researchers found that asking students to write about their fears as well as reading a statement explaining how the body responds to stress helped…

An Alabama school district introduced technology to help monitor students' online traffic and communication after a student's suicide. In this interview, Charlie Jimmerson, the district's director of technology, describes the tech being used, including artificial intelligence and 24/7 human monitors.

The more tools students have to express themselves, the better. At one girls' school in Tennessee, a longstanding integration of dance into the core curriculum allows students' alternative ways to communicate their learning. With the right framework, dance promotes agency and solidifies students' knowledge for the years ahead.

Video games improve communication, adaptibility and critical thinking – just the attributes that employers are looking for.