Teachers usually can’t use standardized tests to accelerate students’ learning. The tests are often too general and the results too slow in coming to help teachers make daily instructional decisions.

Not long ago, earning a certificate, diploma or degree was enough to land people the job they wanted and keep them there. After graduating, they would enter the workforce where the skills they learned ...

People around the world are hungry to learn. Instructor Barbara Oakley discovered this when her online course “Learning How to Learn”—filmed in her basement in front of a green screen—attracted more ...

Even in schools offering face-to-face instruction this fall, one “class” of students likely won’t be the coherent unit that it was in past years. Within one 5th grade class, for example, students may ...

Engaging students through interactive activities, discussions, feedback and AI-enhanced technologies resulted in improved academic performance compared to traditional lectures, lessons or readings, ...

On a recent morning, I had the chance to read poems my ninth-grade English students had written about encounters with racism. I was struck by the beauty and poignance of many of their lines. Yet I ...

Individuals take in and process information in a variety of ways, according to Terrence Maltbia, associate professor of organization and leadership at Columbia University. When it comes to employee ...

What do Apple, Google and Pixar all have in common? They are all learning companies. If your company isn’t currently placing learning as one of its top values, you might want to reconsider it.

Humans have struggled to make truly intelligent machines. Maybe we need to let them get on with it themselves. A little stick figure with a wedge-shaped head shuffles across the screen. It moves in a ...