School & Teaching

Too often, we assign the responsibility for the social and academic prospects of our children exclusively to our school system,...

Many experts believe that the diagnosis of dyslexia can gain children an unfair educational advantage

Exam season is upon us....

The toymaker Mattel introduced the Teen Talk Barbie in 1992. Each doll could say four phrases, which were randomly selected from...

Nearly 100 readers commented on my attack on "reform" math in the Sunday Times Opinion section of April 22. More than 93 percent...

Every secondary school should put up a separate “boys’ bookshelf” packed with spy novels and action stories to encourage more bo...

Research on how junior high school students' beliefs about intelligence affect their math grades found that those who believed t...