Next up was cursive handwriting, which she called a “lost art.” The teacher then raised the alarm that students don’t have any important phone numbers memorized and she said ...

We know that children commonly experience mental health distress. The recent Youth Risk Behavior Survey showed that nearly 60 percent of teenage girls experienced persistent sadness and 25 percent ...

All those long multiplication tables. Timed tests and “mad minutes” of worksheet problem-solving. Fluency drills. Somehow, getting kids to know their basic math facts continues to be at the heart of ...