There’s no national policy dictating how many days or hours students must attend classes each year. That means students in some states and districts can end the year with substantially more learning ...

Time spent online is no guarantee of quality learning. Constant solicitations, zapping, cognitive fatigue... numerous obstacles fragment our attention and discourage deep intellectual engagement. To ...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. It was just after 2:30 p.m. on a recent Wednesday, and the school stage hadn’t yet transformed ...

To help students regain academic ground lost during the pandemic, schools have often rearranged their class schedules to eke out more time for instruction in individual subjects. But new research ...

AMHERST — Amherst school officials are being required by the state’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to take corrective action after the agency determined Amherst Regional High School ...

Have you ever marveled at how some people seem to pick up new skills or knowledge at lightning speed while others struggle for weeks or months? It’s easy to assume they’re just naturally gifted, but ...

The state has found that a Greater Boston high school is short on learning time, forcing district officials to adopt a new schedule that delivers the required instructional hours. Brookline High ...

My son’s high school has something called Independent Learning Time this year. Is this another fad? Will it help students? Yes, it’s another fad that is unlikely to help your child. Independent ...