On a winter evening a few years ago, I joined more than a hundred other parents for a meeting at my daughter’s school. We watched as an English teacher put up a picture of something called the ...

BENTONVILLE -- The learning pit: It sounds like a place to avoid. But for students at Apple Glen Elementary School, the pit is an important step on the path to becoming a strong learner, Principal ...

Parents think their children are more engaged with school and enjoy their time there much more than they actually do, a gap in understanding that could signal that both parents and schools are missing ...

When Hunter, 6, started first grade last autumn, he struggled to match letter sounds with the shape of letters on paper. He found writing letters hard and writing words even harder. "It felt bad," he ...