Education

Thursday, we’re talking about the money teachers make, and what that tells us about how the profession is valued. We’ll also ask how Utah stacks up and…

Economist Bryan Caplan calls higher education a waste of time and money. He says students aren’t learning skills or critical thinking. But they’re going…

The US ranks 31st in math skills among 35 developed countries. So what are schools in Europe and Asia doing that we aren’t? Journalist Amanda Ripley joins…

A few years ago, Paul Tough wrote a book about research showing that character traits like grit, self-control, and optimism are critical to a child’s…

Many jobs have been taken from workers and given to computers. There are obvious ones like assembly line operators, but consider this: computers are now…

Educator, writer, and parent Jessica Lahey understands the impulse to step in and try to make things easier for our kids. We want to protect them and…

Think about that one teacher who had the biggest impact on your education. What skills or qualities did that person have that other teachers didn’t? What…

Think about that one teacher who had the biggest impact on your education. What skills or qualities did that person have that other teachers didn’t? What…

There are many ideas about improving education, but journalist Dana Goldstein says most of them have been tried, and many of them have already failed.…

There are many ideas about improving education, but journalist Dana Goldstein says most of them have been tried, and many of them have already failed.…