I read a lot about educational theory and research so that I can share "best practices" for better ways to teach and learn with my readers. Shared here are the ideas in a most informed and intelligent ...

BATAVIA, Ohio — Mindy Balser’s daughter had a tough year in first grade, and going to school just kept getting tougher. The situation was untenable by third grade. Balser and her husband knew they ...

This column is sponsored by BizLaunch, a division of Arlington Economic Development. With summer ending and students getting ready to head back into the classroom, we thought we’d highlight one of ...

What kills wonder is habituated boredom; what grows it is inspired practice. In his classic 1940 tome entitled How to Read a Book, the philosopher-educator Mortimer Adler delivered what has become, ...

Last week I had the pleasure of sitting on a panel at the Fred Forward Conference with Emily Kirkpatrick. Emily is the Vice President of the National Center for Family Literacy and they have a mission ...

No one cared that it was cold outside. The kids could hardly wait to see what would happen next. Giggles and laughter bounced from child to child as the group of second graders positioned themselves ...

As we begin a school year, it might help to wonder. Just that. To question, to search, to wonder. “All men by nature desire to know,” Aristotle wrote. Our students, whether in 2nd grade or 7th, ...