I teach fourth grade. I have a student who always loses the papers that he is supposed to have in spite of the fact that students have color-coded folders for each subject and were taught at the ...

The 2026 Experiential Learning Showcase at Rutgers Business School challenged students to demonstrate how they have applied ...

Many students struggle with mathematics at some stage in their educational journey, and similarly it is the same with their parents—they were students too right? And not everyone was good at math.

In recent decades, K-12 math education has evolved significantly, shifting from rote memorization to fostering conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills. Achievement First (AF), a network of ...

Nearly 40 years ago, Melissa and Doug Bernstein started what would become a beloved, multimillion-dollar company, Melissa & Doug Toys. Melissa, a 1987 Duke alumna, with husband Doug in 2013 created ...

Word problems try and tell students a story about the math problem in front of them. They are a useful way to connect abstract numbers to concrete situations, so students can learn early on to apply ...

The Greek philosopher Plato wrote about Socrates challenging a student with the "doubling the square" problem in about 385 B.C.E. When asked to double the area of a square, the student doubled the ...

Conventional wisdom suggests memories of past experiences can help us navigate problems in the present. For example, if a friend told you they were having a disagreement with their partner, you might ...

In an era where large language models of artificial intelligence are widely used and studies show a dumbing down of society whereby thinking frequently now gets offloaded to AI, it has never been more ...