Education Reading Resources

May 29, 2022

School Counselors on How to Help Students Recover From Pandemic Stress

Children are behind in social skills and struggling with emotional health, counselors say. They suggest eight ways to help.
Jun 05, 2022

A Mental Health Clinic in School? No, Thanks, Says the School Board

American teenagers are reporting severe levels of anxiety and depression. But when Connecticut moved to expand mental health services in schools, it ran into fierce opposition in one town.
Jun 08, 2022

Harvard’s President Will Step Down Next Year

Lawrence S. Bacow steered the university through the pandemic as well as an attack on its admissions policies, which are likely to face a Supreme Court test this year.
Mar 08, 2019

Anne Frank’s Stepsister Meets Teenagers From Swastika Photo

Eva Schloss, who was 16 when she was freed from Auschwitz, spoke Thursday with Southern California high school students who made Nazi salutes at a party.
Apr 07, 2019

With Indigenous Languages in Steep Decline, Summer Camps Offer Hope

In July, about 20 7- and 8-year-olds will gather at a summer camp in the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation, in Northern California. They will sing songs, put on puppet shows and play games.
Apr 12, 2019

LeBron James Opened a School That Was Considered an Experiment. It’s Showing Promise.

The inaugural class of third and fourth graders at the school has posted extraordinary results on its first set of test scores.

Apr 27, 2019

Lego Is Making Braille Bricks. They May Give Blind Literacy a Needed Lift.

The Lego bricks will feature both Braille dots and written letters, allowing blind and sighted children to play together.Credit...
Apr 13, 2019

Cursive Seemed to Go the Way of Quills and Parchment. Now It’s Coming Back.

While cursive has been relegated to nearly extinct tasks like writing thank-you cards and signing checks, rumors of its death may be exaggerated.
Nov 28, 2018

Are Civics Lessons a Constitutional Right? This Student Is Suing for Them

Many see the lack of civics in schools as a national crisis. A federal lawsuit says it also violates the law.
Apr 27, 2019

Running Out of Children, a South Korea School Enrolls Illiterate Grandmothers

As the birthrate plummets in South Korea, rural schools are emptying. To fill its classrooms, one school opened its doors to women who have for decades dreamed of learning to read.

Jan 01, 1970

You’ve Conquered the Escape Room. But Can You Escape the Lab?

A physicist at the University of Illinois devised an immersive game in which teams solve science puzzles to unlock a mystery — before it’s too late.

May 10, 2019

The School Photo Industry Is a Master Class in Drama

Say cheese, boys, and girls! Or say big money, lawsuits, lice panics and monstrous little pyromaniacs.
Dec 28, 2018

‘I Feel Invisible’: Native Students Languish in Public Schools

At Wolf Point High School in rural Montana, Native American students face the same neglect Native students across the U.S. do as they navigate a school system that has failed American Indians.
Feb 27, 2019

Chinese Girl Finds a Way Out of Tedious Homework: Make a Robot Do It

HONG KONG — Some would say she cheated. Others would say she found an efficient way to finish her tedious assignment and ought to be applauded for her initiative.
Nov 01, 2018

How ‘Makers’ Make the Classroom More Inclusive

The maker movement started out flashy, bringing 3-D printers into classrooms around the world. Now, it’s about meeting student and community needs.
Nov 30, 2018

Are Civics Lessons a Constitutional Right? These Students Are Suing for Them

Aleita Cook, 17, has never taken a class in government, civics or economics. In the two social studies classes she took in her four years at a technical high school in Providence, R.I. — one in American history, the other in world history — she learned mostly about wars, she said.
Sep 17, 2018

Rethinking What Gifted Education Means, and Whom It Should Serve

Have you ever attended a school where students were grouped by ability levels or academic performance? Do you attend a school now where students are tracked?
Jan 09, 2019

I Feel Invisible”: Native Students Languish in Public Schools

Do you feel your school meets your needs? Do you feel you are known and supported at your school? Do you feel that who you are — your identity, culture, community — is respected and valued? Does your school care if you succeed or fail?
Oct 24, 2018

Learning With: ‘Harvard’s Admissions Process, Once Secret, Is Unveiled in Affirmative Action Trial’

A trial examining whether Harvard University discriminates against Asian-American applicants has revealed a number of secrets about its admissions process.