When Pope Francis died in April on Easter Monday, the news triggered not only an outpouring of mourners but also a ...

Where every known method of divination seemed to fail, a group of researchers at Bocconi University in Milan found a hint in ...

Researchers at Maynooth University's Hamilton Institute and Department of Mathematics and Statistics in Ireland have unveiled significant findings on the role of homework in student achievement. The ...

A new study suggests that helping teens feel competent and purposeful may help their grades more than just focusing on their happiness. One ongoing question in child psychology is what can help kids ...

The vast majority of students won’t take algebra until middle or high school. But teachers can start laying the groundwork for this pivotal class a lot sooner, some researchers say—and instilling ...

Like an online retailer trying to woo a customer back by offering a 10% discount on the boots they’ve been eyeing, education researcher Angela Duckworth wanted to understand how to incentivize ...

A new algorithm developed by Naoki Masuda, with co-athors Kazuyuki Aihara and Neil G. MacLaren, can identify the most predictive data points that a tipping point is near. Published in Nature ...

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DreamBox Learning, Inc.® (“DreamBox”), pioneer of intelligent adaptive learning, today announced the first-ever statewide student-level analysis of the effectiveness ...

LearnPlatform study of 1,800 K-6 students at William Penn School District found use of DreamBox increased end-of-year test scores in just 55 minutes a week The LearnPlatform study included 1,800 K-6 ...

WASHINGTON — Math and reading scores for America’s 9-year-olds fell dramatically during the first two years of the pandemic, according to a new federal study — offering an early glimpse of the sheer ...