As a science and technology teacher at Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School in the Oyster Bay-East Norwich school district, Regina D’Orio brings hands-on learning into the classroom, helping young ...

In 1999, the Indian computer scientist and educational theorist Sugata Mitra created a small, if audacious, learning ...

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An AI model that learns without human input—by posing interesting queries for itself—might point the way to superintelligence. Save this story Save this story Even the smartest artificial intelligence ...

I love making quilts. Some people wonder why anyone would buy new fabric just to cut it up and sew it back together. It might sound odd, but for quilters like me, creating something by hand brings ...

I spent nearly a decade in various professional roles that led me to believe I was a “child expert” before ever becoming a parent myself. Before becoming a mother, I had values and expectations that ...

When it comes to education, there is no substitute for learning by doing. To teach children Spanish, have them speak it. To teach them art, give them paper and paints. Plenty of tech titans got their ...

Every now and then, you see a survey result that startles you. Then upon reflection, you realize it shouldn't. I recently learned that 45% of men reported being taught about investing by their parents ...

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