In a memo sent to faculty this summer, Dean of the College Michael Gordin was blunt: “This is the moment to reevaluate what you do and how you do it.” The numbers, Gordin wrote, showed sharp increases ...

I’ve taught social theory to undergraduate students at public institutions for over a decade, and among the instructional challenges this entails, one stands out as the most heartbreaking: the student ...

In a college-entrance-exam landscape long dominated by the SAT and the ACT, a relative newcomer has started to gain traction—especially in red states. The Classic Learning Test, first unveiled a ...

Most of us grew up learning that the Earth is a globe. Our textbooks included pictures from outer space showing a curved Earth and diagrams of spherical planets. Most people never even give a second ...

[Editor's note: This story has been updated to clarify how the city will use a $1 million grant.] WORCESTER — Evelyn Herwitz used a metaphor to describe the work to bring more environmental education ...

Architectural education worldwide faces significant challenges amid rapid social, environmental, and cultural change. While the world evolves, many classrooms remain tied to traditional models that ...

How do we teach effectively—and humanly—in this age of AI? New advances in artificial intelligence break news at such a rapid pace that many of us have difficulties keeping up. Dinuka Gunaratne gave a ...

At Austin’s Alpha School, students spend just two hours a day on academics, led by artificial intelligence tools. New Alpha schools are set to open in about a dozen cities this fall. Alpha School, ...

Culturally responsive teaching (CRT) has gained attention in recent years, largely thanks to Geneva Gay’s landmark book Culturally Responsive Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice. Gay made the ...

In education, as in psychology, clarity matters. Yet in everyday conversations about teaching and learning, terms like learning theory and pedagogy are often used interchangeably. Phrases such as “We ...