A "stupid" test shows that the Puritan ethic lives on. Why do we insist on learning lessons from the books we read?

Education Secretary Arne Duncan says the results are not good enough to ensure future American competitiveness

Rand Paul has aligned himself with a movement considered too fringe even by extremists like National Right to Life

Many producers market bottles with cuteness, but one actually teaches us about the art of the vintner

All demagoguery all the time: Fox News and American politics' epidemic of craziness

Research indicates readers judge us harshly on our miscues, particularly when they crop up in a short messages

This cautionary tale about Asian-American suburban teens features predictable stereotypes -- the smooth operator! the jackrabbit sociopath! -- and doesn't tell us anything new.

National Spelling Bee will now include vocabulary

Research shows that children with ADHD are often extremely creative. Our institutions are failing them

Both reformers and traditionalists view technology as a way to control students — and they're getting it very wrong

In the age of misinformation and The Big Lie, of course a trivia game rewarding persuasive deceit would be a hit

We need to re-think what matters in schools and what’s worth measuring

Yanking Title X funding really isn't about abortion. It's about cutting women off from affordable contraception