Anderson is a journalist, author and speaker. She spent 20 years covering finance including 10 at the New York Times before shifting her focus to learning. She is currently working on a book about the ...

During the months that Rosalind Crawford’s sons were out of school, on virtual learning for disciplinary reasons, she tried her best to keep them on track academically, but says they still fell behind ...

Two years ago, as GreatSchools embarked on research for the second season of our podcast for parents, Like a Sponge, I faced a mounting sense of worry. Our podcast was about the science of learning, ...

Daniel Willingham is a cognitive scientist, by which I mean, he is an academic researcher who extracts information from psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, philosophy, computer science, and ...

Young children are naturally curious, and it’s our job as educators to encourage exploration and curiosity. Kids learn about the world and their role in it as they investigate, discover, and have ...

From hearing lullabies to the sing-song lilt of a parent’s voice, babies form strong connections with their caregivers through sound and song. Think about the way we instinctively bounce or rock fussy ...

School's a little different this year, so art teachers are using their classes to help kids cope. After spending months trying to get used to remote learning, now kids are struggling to adjust to ...

Almost 20 years ago, psychologist Ellie Brown was looking to do research on a Head Start preschool program, to examine how it affected kids from low-income families. Brown, a professor of psychology ...

Last April, an estimated 1.2 billion schoolchildren worldwide were unable to physically enter classrooms amid government-mandated lockdowns. E-learning and video conferencing platforms, such as Google ...