If you've ever wondered what the Department of Education does, you're not alone. Here, we break down everything you need to know about who the Department of Education helps, what they actually do, and...

Republicans are finally leading again on teacher pay in North Carolina | Opinion

The nonpartisan arm of the Education Department supports research and shares data on student progress. It identifies what works and what doesn’t.

Stanford education scholars Chris Lemons and Lakshmi Balasubramanian share strategies for helping students with intellectual and developmental disabilities learn to read.

Expanding the Science of Reading: Contributions from Educational Psychology. Volume 59, Issue 4 of Educational Psychologist

The science of reading consists of a large, evolving, and impressive body of evidence about how humans learn to read and how reading should be taught. This body of evidence has accumulated via dive...

Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to build connections within itself, adapting to the surrounding environment. The brain is most plastic in childhood, forming new pathways in reaction to stimuli ...

This is what happens when kids don’t read for pleasure anymore.