It’s time for a “lesson study” meeting in Marie Coffaro’s second-floor classroom here at Paterson School 2. Yet it looks more like fun-and-games time. The school’s mathematics facilitator, two tutors, ...

Originally created in Japan, the practice known as “lesson study” grew more popular in the United States in the 1990s. Basically, it’s a research and instructional-improvement method in which a ...

Teachers are encouraged to read “Medieval Japan: An Introductory Essay,” by historian Ethan Segal, prior to conducting this lesson. The introductory essay may also be assigned to students with ...

As Japanese society increasingly gets global, a new study finds that its education system has not kept pace. Students with foreign roots face cultural and linguistic hurdles in schools that still ...