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The CT Mirror, by STAFF REPORT. State test results for the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium were released Monday. Search to see how...

By Jennifer Post, Business News Daily. You've heard about 30 under 30 lists (and other lists) that celebrate entrepreneurs under a...

By Cheryl Maguire, NEW YORK TIMES. After a meeting at my twins’ high school, I encountered a mountain of water bottles, sweatshirts,...

The tracts of land that separate these individuals and institutions are sometimes called “education deserts,” and they cover many patches of

BY JULIE FOSS, LEF VICE CHAIRPERSON. We have all heard of the ominous summer slide.  But is that even real? As it turns out, summer slide...

By Youki Terada, Edutopia. When girls don’t see women as scientists, they may not see their future selves as scientists, either—but...

My son plays travel baseball, and I’m glad he does. Competition nurtures resilience, and I love seeing him jump with sheer joy whenever a te

By LAUREN BARACK AT EDUCATION DIVE The tie between math and music is well studied. Music theory taps into math and patterns, and that can...

By Kevin Mahnken - The 74 Million In an era of ‘fake news’ and loss of trust in political institutions, states, schools and...

By Kevin Mahnken- The 74 Million Can schools save our fractured nation? Backed by groundbreaking research, Democracy Prep is putting...

By ADAM HARRIS - The Atlantic Economists are trying to understand the steady decline of non-college-educated men in the labor market....

By JEFFREY SELINGO - The Atlantic More than 300,000 college students went overseas in 2016–17. Just a third of them were men. READ THE...

By BRENDAN LOWE - The 74 Million. Here’s a double dose of bad news for kids more keen on playing Fortnite than analyzing text: Not only...

By: Pamela Druckerman, The New York Times. New research shows that hyper-involved parenting is the route to kids’ success in today’s...

Using screens in a dark room was associated with worse sleep outcomes than using them with the lights on. By Nicholas Bakalar - The New...

By Pamela Paul - The New York Times Boredom teaches us that life isn’t a parade of amusements. More important, it spawns creativity and...

By Rachel Renk, Before we become women in tech, we’re girls who are interested in tech. I’ve been fascinated by computers since I was at...

By ERIKA CHRISTAKIS - The Atlantic When it comes to children’s development, parents should worry less about kids’ screen time—and more...