Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When children start kindergarten, sizable gaps in science knowledge already exist between whites and minorities—as well as between ...

CMU’s learning initiatives are shaped by research on how people learn, rather than by any single discipline. That approach ...

WASHINGTON — Science and engineering education needs to be prioritized from preschool through fifth grade, and state policymakers should ensure these subjects are taught comprehensively, frequently, ...

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Consider the humble lump of pink Play-Doh. To a parent, it’s a quick toddler playtime activity. But ask an early childhood educator about Play-Doh, and it’s a science experiment, an opportunity for ...

Emphasizing more play, hands-on learning, and students helping one another in kindergarten improves academic outcomes, self-control and attention regulation, finds new UBC research. Emphasizing more ...

A first-of-its-kind national trial shows that public Montessori preschool students enter kindergarten with stronger reading, memory, and executive function skills than their peers. These gains don’t ...