Fun and learning can both be achieved and defined in many different ways, but there's no denying there is a special connection between the two. Every day, kids are learning inside and outside of ...

A lot of people talk about making learning fun. I think they have it basically wrong. When you’re having fun, you’re learning something. It could be learning something trivial – significant only in ...

Probably every other time my friend Lee and I came to the end of an approach hike at the base of a climb, dropped our backpacks and looked up, he cracked the same joke: “I think we’ll bivy here and go ...

Last week Teacher Appreciation Week, and because I was busy writing thank you notes to the 50 or so teachers who care for my ...

Music is the universal language. It fills us with emotion and fosters imagination. What is the place of music in education, especially at a time when the arts are being severely cut from many ...

A large percentage of students are starting the school year the same way they ended it — via computer screen. And most of them aren’t too pleased about it. They miss their friends and the routine of ...

On a recent afternoon in June, a line of kids between the ages of 5 and 13 snaked back from the door at the edge of classroom at St. Anthony's Catholic School in East Oakland, California. Some jumped ...

SUMMER SCHOOL DESIGNED THROUGH THE LENSES OF STUDENTS. THAT’S THE IDEA BEHIND OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOL’S NEXT LEVEL LEARNING PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON TEACHING KIDS SCHOOL CURRICULUM WHILE KEEPING ...