Getting students to buy into the project of a course has become a more urgent challenge in recent years, many professors say. While many students are distracted by smart phones, tempted by generative ...

In 1969, a now-iconic commercial first popped the question, “How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?” This deceptively simple line in a 30-second script managed ...

Leading through volatility is now the most in-demand skill at U.S. companies (topping AI fluency), according to dozens of senior human resources executives I polled recently at Fortune 100 companies ...

First it was Common Core. Then Critical Race Theory. Now, social and emotional learning. That’s the latest education jargon term to leave academic circles and fuel a culture-war controversy over what ...

One of the mistakes of teaching, I’ve learned through my years as a part-time professor, is to prepare so much that the students have no choice but to become passive recipients of knowledge that has ...

Google introduced “Little Language Lessons,” a set of generative AI-powered features designed to help users learn vocabulary and phrases in real-world contexts. ‘Tiny Lesson,’ ‘Slang Hang,’ and ‘Word ...

You walk into a room full of strangers. Within minutes, you’re asked to pretend you’re a blushing bride. A raging hurricane. Someone who has imbibed one drink too many. Welcome to acting class! If ...

The pandemic gave researchers a rare opportunity to study human behavior. Their work offers lessons about loneliness, remote work, high heels and more. By Claire Cain Miller and Irineo Cabreros ...

“There’s so much story that comes from touching something,” says Michael DeChillo. As the owner of Sample House—a year-old membership-based materials library—DeChillo is invested in tactility. And ...

Virginia Clinton-Lisell receives funding from the U.S. Department of Education and Hewlett Foundation. Students do better when lessons are tailored to individual learning styles – but not so much that ...

Spoiler alert! We're discussing important plot points and the ending of “The Piano Lesson” (streaming now on Netflix), so beware if you haven’t seen it yet. “The Piano Lesson” is the year’s most ...