Across the country, teachers are sounding the alarm about a new kind of gap in the classroom: kids who can code on a tablet ...

During a recent visit to a midwestern university, I found myself talking to a graduate student, a dean, and a visiting former foundation president. The conversation turned to the proper role of skills ...

They cannot apply inference; they cannot process questions that are longer than a sentence. They cannot connect cause and ...

Changing skills demands, evolving technology and infrastructure, lifelong learning and the knowledge triangle of research, education and innovation all require educators to develop their own knowledge ...

As someone who has spent almost her entire adult life in education-related jobs, it is easy for me to see teaching as a valuable skill. I began my career as a high school mathematics teacher. After ...

Students raise their hands to answer a teacher's question at the KIPP Academy in the South Bronx, part of a network of public middle schools that is becoming a model for educating poor children. KIPP ...

21st century skills. Social and emotional learning skills. “Soft” skills. Whatever you choose to call them, there is a set of skills that are essential for success in school, work, and life — and yet ...

We can teach leadership just as we teach other skills—by introducing concepts in the classroom, identifying applications in ...