The world is full of things to learn. Where to start? How to choose what to pay attention to? What motivates someone to seek new knowledge? The desire to learn is partly a preference for novelty: we ...

I was terrified, to be very honest, when my district switched to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and I had to begin using phenomena-based instruction. If you look at the standards, ...

For decades, computer science students have been taught a central skill: using computers to solve problems. In practice, that ...

The changes caused by artificial intelligence in the world are massive. Most people still can’t process all of them.

Learning to code has never been a golden ticket to professional success. Students apply the coding skills they learn to different disciplines, industries, and endeavors in their lives. Tech literacy ...

Imagine you are watching a movie, a delightfully engaging and entertaining film. Now imagine that the person sitting next to you is an acclaimed director, an expert at making movies. Will you see the ...

On a recent morning, I had the chance to read poems my ninth-grade English students had written about encounters with racism. I was struck by the beauty and poignance of many of their lines. Yet I ...

The new year is a time when many of us set resolutions and commit to improving. We do this for personal reasons, so why not professional ones? One professional resolution I would encourage anyone in ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. The thing that ...

David James is CLO at 360Learning, host of The Learning & Development Podcast and former Director of L&D for The Walt Disney Company. For decades, learning and development (L&D) professionals have ...