You’ve done the work of figuring out what to study in college and have been accepted to a degree program. Now comes the next challenge: learning how to study effectively. Maybe it’s been years since ...

In primary schools, the most popular school-based physical activity intervention is The Daily Mile, which involves 15 minutes per day where children go outside and walk, jog or run laps of the school ...

Most faculty members have a go-to activity that can be deployed at a moment’s notice in the classroom. It might be a quick, five-minute writing task or a more-ambitious, small-group exercise. When ...

Many students land in summer school this time of year, sometimes in part due to chronic absenteeism during the school year. But when absenteeism continues during summer school, these students—many of ...

A new study shows for the first time that playing action video games improves not just the skills taught in the game, but learning capabilities more generally. A new study shows for the first time ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Two studies on ...

A new study, which may have implications for approaches to education, finds that brain mechanisms engaged when people allow their minds to rest and reflect on things they've learned before may boost ...