Today’s children are exhausted, and not just because one in three kids is not getting sufficient sleep. Sleep deprivation in kids (who require at least nine hours a night, depending on age) has been ...

There’s no doubt there are more distractions bombarding students than there were 50 years ago. Most kids have cellphones, use social media, play games, watch TV and are generally more “plugged in” ...

“A boy at my table made fun of me during math today,” my second-grader told me one evening after bedtime. Worries tend to spill out after lights out. “He said, ‘What?! You are still working on that ...

Whether it's worrying or fantasizing, all of us daydream—or let our minds escape from the task at hand. Now, a new computer model that simulates these periods of mental wandering may give scientists ...

Over the last few weeks listeners have been sharing their concerns and thoughts about education. One consistent theme? Homework. Too much homework, too little homework, pointless homework, the wrong ...