You asking your kid what they want to be when they grow up for the umpteenth time isn’t going to create a lightbulb moment.

It’s been your dream to retire for years. After all, your days will be free of alarms, meetings, and commutes. As soon as the initial thrill wears off, a surprising question can arise: Now what? As ...

She went on to say, "The answer, certainly, is not to curb your daughter’s reading.” Nettles ended her reply by suggesting that the mom meet with Karina’s teacher, as well as any relevant support ...

What feels boring to you might actually reveal more about your brain’s craving for quick rewards than you realize.

Some Nobel laureates were straight-A students from the get-go. But others AFP spoke to recounted how they cut class, got ...

Some Nobel laureates were straight-A students from the get-go. But others AFP recounted how they cut class, got expelled, and had doubts about their future.

Here, experts share exactly what to ask young kids—ages Pre-K to middle school—to encourage them to open up. You don’t need to ask each on every single day; rather, think of them as a repertoire of ...

Say you’re en route to Miami when the pilot announces that the plane has been diverted to Tallahassee. Maybe there was severe weather in Miami, maybe the plane had mechanical issues, or maybe there ...

Early education teachers are more satisfied than high school teachers and other surprising insights from the NYC schools survey.

Money can buy you almost anything. But it’s only when you become truly rich that you begin to realize the breadth and depth ...

As an educator, I have never heard of a teacher being upset about a student reading ahead of her class. You are right: It is ...

Fritz put us in his 2007 Land Rover Defender and zoomed down insanely narrow cobblestone roads that his grandfather had built ...