Horsing around with young children helps them learn
Breaking the rules is part of growing up.
Why it matters to transform parent involvement from early childhood to primary school
The transition from early learning parent involvement to primary school level often leads to less face time with school and teachers and more home-based support for children.
Student employment and inflexible university policies drive online drop out
Universities need to better accommodate student employment to improve the retention of online students.
How to encourage literacy in young children (and beyond)
Supporting early childhood literacy is not just about reading to your child. Research has found there are many and varied ways to increase literacy in early learning.
Malawi’s struggle to give students skills to support democracy
Malawi's government wants schools to promote democratic principles. But there's a contradiction between what students are taught and how they're expected to behave.
Balancing boundaries and freedom in high school parenting
There are four key styles to parenting high school students, and parents will likely need to move between two of them as their children grow up.
Most graduates will never pay off their student loans
Is it time to ditch tuition fees?
Banning smartphones for kids is just another technology-fearing moral panic
Teaching fear and avoidance of technology may protect people from negative consequences. But it also prevents them from finding, and benefiting from, productive uses of new innovations.
Electronic games: how much is too much for kids?
Low-to-moderate use of electronic games may have a positive effect on children's later academic achievement, but overuse can be detrimental.
Five things schools can do to help pupils’ mental health
What schools should be doing to deal with the crisis in children’s mental health.
How can universities make their social media relevant?
Universities could dramatically transform their role in society through better use of social media
How to encourage literacy in young children (and beyond)
Supporting early childhood literacy is not just about reading to your child. Research has found there are many and varied ways to increase literacy in early learning.
The U.S. Supreme Court, religion and the future of school choice
The Trinity Lutheran case signals the Supreme Court's willingness to interpret separation of church and state as religious discrimination. What will this mean for the future of vouchers and school choice?
War, terror, neglect: How Canadian schools could tackle child trauma
A new model shows how the Canadian school system can play a healing role - for children traumatized by war, displacement and abuse.
Immigrant youth help to build nations
The future of our country depends on our youth. Many of our youth are immigrant students and we need to understand how to best support them so we can thrive as a nation.