Over at The Creativity Post, Annie Murphy Paul has an excellent piece called "Where's the Joy in Learning?", in which she mentions the research of Taina Rantala and Kaarina Määttä. The purpose of ...

How ironic to read the article “The Expectations for Kindergarten Have Changed. How Teachers Are Adapting ” (June 2, 2025) mentioned in the ISTE + ASCD SmartBrief newsletter. At the time I saw it, I ...

Summer is popularly imagined as bringing joy to all young people. Yet it is not an equal break or of the same quality for all students. Learning loss is the decline in academic skills and knowledge ...

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies ...

We all know that thrilling feeling of learning something new — a new recipe, a new word in a foreign language, a new chord on the guitar. And yet, so many of us go through our workdays on autopilot ...

September, the traditional start of the school year, is another showcase month for American exceptionalism, both the good kind and the bad. Some American college students this month are entering the ...