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janetmck/flickr Study: Babies Can't Learn to Read
Parents, however, enjoy believing their young ones are developing literary skills.
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NASA What Americans Don't Know About Science
On a recent survey, just 74 percent of Americans said that the Earth revolves around the sun.
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Kathy Willens/AP Images America's Most Famous Weather Man: Strongly in Favor of Snow Days
Al Roker was not happy about New York City's decision to keep schools open today.
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David Moir What College Graduates Regret
Half wish they'd gotten more work experience while still in school.
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rohtrs/flickr Study: Shy Kids Know the Answer—They Just Won't Say It Out Loud
"Inhibited behaviors like shyness don't hamper language acquisition overall but instead relate specifically to how toddlers express themselves through words," researchers found.
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Mike Stewart/AP Images Map: 'How Much Snow It Typically Takes to Cancel School in the U.S.'
The geography of the snow day, courtesy of Reddit user Alexandr Trubetskoy
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Gerald Herbert/AP Photo Athletes Are More Likely to Finish High School Than Non-Athletes
Why? It probably doesn't have anything to do with sports.
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'Yale College Seeks Smart Students From Poor Families'
'They're out there—but hard to find.'
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College Rankings Really Do Influence Which Schools Students Apply To
A new study shows that being on the U.S. News & World Report top 25 list can significantly boost a college's applicant numbers.
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cseeman/Flickr America's Math Textbooks Are More Rigorous Than South Korea's
But students in the U.S. still have much lower scores than their South Korean counterparts. Why?
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Jim Mone/AP Photo Tech's Gender and Race Gap Starts in High School
A look at who takes the Advanced Placement computer science exam—and who doesn't
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Eric Miller/Reuters What's Ahead for Education in 2014
This will be the year when students stop cheating and everyone else stops fighting. Right?
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Wikimedia Commons School Wasn't Canceled for Bad Weather in 1882
A story from one of Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House" books proves we've all gone soft.
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Arben Celi/Reuters Extreme Homework
Even when disaster strikes, students around the world try to keep up with their assignments.
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Lavishing Kids With Praise Can Make Them Feel Worse About Themselves
The dangers of overdoing the compliments
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Toby Talbot/AP Photo Now Your Kid Can Get a Report Card on How She’s Doing in Lunch
Introducing the weekly email that details everything your child picked out in the cafeteria
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Craigslist Job Listing: '$40K a Year to Attend Harvard University as Me'
'You do not need to worry about being accepted, I have already taken care of that.'
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Kiran Foster/flickr Do Gifted Programs Improve Learning?
A new study suggests that for students on the margin, talented classes don't make a big difference.
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Bebeto Matthews/AP Photo Report: Teachers Aren't Trained to Praise Their Students
A new study finds that education schools aren't teaching classroom management strategies in a focused way.
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Shutterstock Messy Kids Learn More
Toddlers are more likely to remember what a food is called when they play with it, a new study shows.
