School & Teaching

Every September, millions of parents try a kind of psychological witchcraft, to transform their summer-glazed campers into fall...

As schools start back into session around the country, some parents of young children face a difficult question: Send their litt...

Standing in front of my class of 11- year- old children, I ask for volunteers to come to the front and read out their work.

Se...

Children’s grasp of the three Rs after two years of school is at its worst for a decade, official figures suggested
yesterday.

By Lisa Guernsey.

Our education system starts at age 5, pays little attention to children’s development and achievement until...

Blame Tom Sawyer: Americans have a skewed view of childhood and
summertime. We associate the school year with oppression and th...